Prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in the Lausanne population

BACKGROUND: Obesity can be defined using body mass index (BMI) or waist (abdominal obesity). Little information exists regarding its prevalence and determinants in Switzerland. Hence, we assessed the levels of obesity as defined by BMI or waist circumference in a Swiss population-based sample. METHO...

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Autores principales: Marques-Vidal, Pedro, Bochud, Murielle, Mooser, Vincent, Paccaud, Fred, Waeber, Gérard, Vollenweider, Peter
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-330

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2563005/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18816372
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-8-330

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