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Association of Neck Circumference with Obesity in Female College Students

Author(s) -

Dimitrios Papandreou,

Zujaja Tul Noor,

Maitha Rashed,

Hadeel Al Jaberi

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

open access macedonian journal of medical sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.288

H-Index - 17

ISSN - 1857-9655

DOI - 10.3889/oamjms.2015.118

Subject(s) - medicine , waist , obesity , overweight , body mass index , circumference , population , body fat percentage , demography , environmental health , geometry , mathematics , sociology

Obesity levels have been dramatically increased in the United Arab Emirates over the last few years. High levels of body Mass Index, waist circumference, and percent of total body fat as a measure of obesity have found to be related to cardiovascular risk factors and other diseases. Neck circumference is a new tool that has been linked to obesity. However, no studies in UAE have been conducted yet.

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