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- Title
Prevalence of obesity in Israel.
- Authors
Kaluski, D. Nitzan; Berry, E. M.
- Abstract
Israel is a multiethnic society and offers an ongoing‘experiment’ concerning the cultural determinants of obesity. The First Israeli National Health and Nutrition Survey 1999–2001 (MABAT) measured a representative population of 2782 adults (49% men) aged 25–64 years (mean 43 years); it showed a prevalence of overweight in 39.3% and obesity in 22.9%. Overweight is more common in men and obesity is more prevalent in women; the Israeli Arab population is more obese than the Jewish one.
- Subjects
ISRAEL; OBESITY; METABOLIC disorders; NUTRITION disorders; EPIDEMICS; BODY weight; GERIATRICS
- Publication
Obesity Reviews, 2005, Vol 6, Issue 2, p115
- ISSN
1467-7881
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1467-789X.2005.00168.x