Open AccessPrevalence of Obesity and Its Metabolic Correlates Among the Circumpolar Inuit in 3 Countries
Author(s) -
T. Kue Young,
Peter Bjerregaard,
Éric Dewailly,
Patricia Markham Risica,
Marit E. Jørgensen,
Sven E. O. Ebbesson
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2005.080614
Subject(s) - waist , overweight , body mass index , obesity , medicine , demography , circumpolar star , metabolic syndrome , circumference , population , environmental health , physics , geometry , mathematics , astronomy , sociology
We investigated the prevalence of obesity and the metabolic correlates of different levels of body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference among the Inuit in 3 countries.
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