Prevalence of generalized & abdominal obesity in urban & rural India- the ICMR - INDIAB Study (Phase-I) [ICMR - INDIAB-3]

Background & objectives: Overweight and obesity are rapidly increasing in countries like India. This study was aimed at determining the prevalence of generalized, abdominal and combined obesity in urban and rural India. Methods: Phase I of the ICMR-INDIAB study was conducted in a representative...

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Main Authors: Rajendra Pradeepa, Ranjit Mohan Anjana, Shashank R Joshi, Anil Bhansali, Mohan Deepa, Prashant P Joshi, Vinay K Dhandania, Sri Venkata Madhu, Paturi Vishnupriya Rao, Loganathan Geetha, Radhakrishnan Subashini, Ranjit Unnikrishnan, Deepak Kumar Shukla, Tanvir Kaur, Viswanathan Mohan, Ashok Kumar Das, ICMR-INDIAB Collaborative Study Group
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Indian Journal of Medical Research
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Online Access:http://www.ijmr.org.in/article.asp?issn=0971-5916;year=2015;volume=142;issue=2;spage=139;epage=150;aulast=Pradeepa