Appropriate body-mass index for Asian populations and its implications for policy and intervention strategies

The Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9403, 2004, Pages 157-163

  Nishida, Chizuru ^a   Barba, Corazon ^b   Cavalli Sforza, Tommaso ^c   Cutter, Jeffery ^d   Deurenberg, Paul ^d   Darnton Hill, Ian ^e   Deurenberg Yap, Mabel ^f   Gill, Tim ^g   James, Philip ^h   Ko, Gary ⁱ   Kosulwat, Vongsvat ^j   Kumanyika, Shiriki ^k   Kurpad, Anura ^l   Mascie Taylor, Nick ^m   Moon, Hyun Kyung ⁿ   Nakadomo, Fumio ^o   Noor, Mohamed Ismail ^p   Reddy, K Srinath ^q   Rush, Elaine ^r   Tunidau Schultz, Jimaima ^s   Seidell, Jaap ^t   Stevens, June ^u   Swinburn, Boyd ^v   Tan, Kathryn ^w   Weisell, Robert ^x   Zhao su, Wu ^y   Yajnik, C S ^z   Yoshiike, Nobuo ^aa   Zimmet, Paul ^ab   more..

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b FOOD AND NUTRITION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Philippines)

^c The World Health Organization Regional Office for the Western Pacific philippines   (Philippines)

^d MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^e Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

^f Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^h International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ ALICE HO MIU LING NETHERSOLE HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^j MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^k UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^l ST JOHN'S NATIONAL ACADEMY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

^m UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ Dankook University   (South Korea)

^o Osaka City University   (Japan)

^p UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^q ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^r AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

^s Secretariat of the South Pacific   (New Caledonia)

^t VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^u UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^v DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^w UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^x FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^y CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^z KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^aa NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND NUTRITION   (Japan)

^ab BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAT;

ASIAN; ASSOCIATION; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CONSULTATION; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; VALIDATION PROCESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85066456886     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(03)15268-3     Document Type: Article

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