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Increases in waist circumference independent of weight in Mongolia over the last decade: the Mongolian STEPS surveys

BACKGROUND: In Mongolia, mean waist circumference (WC) has increased dramatically over the last decade, however, it is unknown whether these increases have been greater than corresponding increases in weight. In this study we aimed to assess whether recent increases in WC were greater than expected...

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Autores principales: Chimeddamba, Oyun, Gearon, Emma, Brilleman, Samuel L., Tumenjargal, Enkhjargal, Peeters, Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5422882/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28491328
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40608-017-0155-3