The prevalence of abdominal obesity is remarkable for underweight and normal weight adolescent girls

ACAR TEK N., Sanlier N., Turkozu D.

TURKISH JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, cilt.47, sa.4, ss.1191-1197, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • 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.