Increasing body size among adult Cook Islanders between 1966 and 1996
There is limited evidence of a secular trend toward increased body size among populations in the Pacific Region, although some populations have shown a clear rise in overweight and obesity across the past 30 years or so. Mean height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of adults surveyed in 1996 on Rar...
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Taylor and Francis
2001
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