The prevalence of abdominal obesity is remarkable for underweight and normal weight adolescent girls
TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.1191-1197, 2017 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus, TRDizin)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 47 Sayı: 4
- Basım Tarihi: 2017
- Doi Numarası: 10.3906/sag-1605-60
- Dergi Adı: TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1191-1197
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Adolescents, abdominal obesity, waist circumference, waist-height ratio, TO-HEIGHT RATIO, WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE, CENTRAL ADIPOSITY, TURKISH CHILDREN, RISK-FACTORS, OVERWEIGHT, MESSAGE, FATNESS, UTILITY, BMI
- Gazi Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet
Özet
Background/aim: Obesity is a global public health challenge. This study was carried out in order to determine the prevalence of obesity and abdominal obesity in Turkish adolescent girls.