Obesity and obesity-associated cardiometabolic risk factors in indigenous Nenets women from the rural Nenets Autonomous Area and Russian women from Arkhangelsk city

Obesity and obesity-associated cardiometabolic risk factors in indigenous Nenets women from the rural Nenets Autonomous Area and Russian women from Arkhangelsk city

Background: The prevalence of obesity and obesity-related conditions varies by population groups. Indigenous women of the circumpolar north are believed to be at high risk of obesity. Objective: We studied, first the obesity prevalence in indigenous Arctic women, Nenets, compared to urban Russian wo...

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Main Authors: Natalia Petrenya, Magritt Brustad, Liliya Dobrodeeva, Fatima Bichkaeva, Gulnara Lutfalieva, Marie Cooper, Jon Øyvind Odland
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2014-07-01
Series:International Journal of Circumpolar Health
Subjects:
obesity
women
cardiometabolic risk
Nenets
Russians
body mass index
waist circumference
waist-to-hip ratio
Arctic
ethnicity
Online Access:http://www.circumpolarhealthjournal.net/index.php/ijch/article/download/23859/pdf_1

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