Data on height and weight of 3,428 non-smoking healthy adult subjects, obtained during an earlier community-based study in Delhi, India, on chronic respiratory morbidity due to ambient air pollution was analyzed to study the distribution of body mass index (BMI) and its determinants among adults in Delhi. The sample was drawn by systematic sampling from rural and urban areas of Delhi. In urban areas, the sampling frame was restricted to areas around air quality-monitoring stations. However, the areas were spread across the city and reflected wide economic spectrum. Subjects were classified as underweight, normal, overweight, and obese as per the criteria of the World Health Organization for BMI. The mean BMI of the entire sample was 22.14±4...
Using data of the third round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006, this study exam...
Obesity is a medical condition characterized by accumulation of excess body fat leading to negative ...
\ud Introduction : Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally with more than 1 billion overw...
Data on height and weight of 3,428 non-smoking healthy adult subjects, obtained during an earlier co...
Background: The rising burden of obesity is a threat to both developed and developing countries. Obe...
<p><strong>Background:</strong> the prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarmi...
Study objective: To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population...
Based on data collected from a representative national sample, India Human Development Survey 2005, ...
Background : Obesity is one of the major risk factors for hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and diabete...
The present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity and its covariates including ag...
Introduction: Health of adult is the greatest challenge in the 21st century. People from rural as we...
Evidence from developing countries demonstrates a mixed relationship of overweight/obesity with soci...
Introduction: The present study assesses the prevalence of obesity using new adiposity indices and e...
The nature and extent of relationship between socioeconomic and behavioral variables and body mass i...
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are the accumulation of high body adiposity, which can have detri...
Using data of the third round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006, this study exam...
Obesity is a medical condition characterized by accumulation of excess body fat leading to negative ...
\ud Introduction : Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally with more than 1 billion overw...
Data on height and weight of 3,428 non-smoking healthy adult subjects, obtained during an earlier co...
Background: The rising burden of obesity is a threat to both developed and developing countries. Obe...
<p><strong>Background:</strong> the prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing at an alarmi...
Study objective: To describe height, weight, and body mass index (BMI) of the adult urban population...
Based on data collected from a representative national sample, India Human Development Survey 2005, ...
Background : Obesity is one of the major risk factors for hypertension, hyperlipidaemia, and diabete...
The present study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of obesity and its covariates including ag...
Introduction: Health of adult is the greatest challenge in the 21st century. People from rural as we...
Evidence from developing countries demonstrates a mixed relationship of overweight/obesity with soci...
Introduction: The present study assesses the prevalence of obesity using new adiposity indices and e...
The nature and extent of relationship between socioeconomic and behavioral variables and body mass i...
BACKGROUND: Overweight and obesity are the accumulation of high body adiposity, which can have detri...
Using data of the third round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) 2005-2006, this study exam...
Obesity is a medical condition characterized by accumulation of excess body fat leading to negative ...
\ud Introduction : Obesity has reached epidemic proportions globally with more than 1 billion overw...