Obesity: Worldwide Prevalence and Trends
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Summary Aims To assess temporal changes in body fat distribution, body mass index and obesity in Augsburg, Germany. Methods Waist circumference, weight and height were measured in two independent samples of 4804 and 4792, men and women, aged 25�74 years, in the MONICA Augsburg surveys 1989/90...
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- Energy Balance and Body Composition Changes. Grande, Francisco // Annals of Internal Medicine;Feb68, Vol. 68 Issue 2, p467
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