Obesity among Mongolian adults from urban and rural areas

• Main Authors: Dugee, Otgontuya, Khor, Geok Lin, Mohd Esa, Norhaizan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Nutrition Society of Malaysia 2009
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13697/1/Obesity%20among%20Mongolian%20adults%20from%20urban%20and%20rural%20areas.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13697/; http://nutriweb.org.my/publications/mjn0015_2/mjn15n2_art7.php

Shifts in lifestyles and eating patterns have led to an increasing prevalence of chronic non-communicable diseases in the adult population in Mongolia. This article reports the prevalence of obesity, abdominal obesity and body fat among 408 Mongolian adults aged 25 years and above. The subjects incl...