Abdominal vs. overall obesity among women in a nutrition transition context: geographic and socio-economic patterns of abdominal-only obesity in Tunisia

[1]  L. Giudice,et al.  State of the Science of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals - 2012 , 2012 .

[2]  H. Aounallah-Skhiri,et al.  Prevalence of diabetes in Northern African countries: the case of Tunisia , 2014, BMC Public Health.

[3]  J. Tuomilehto,et al.  Comparison of various surrogate obesity indicators as predictors of cardiovascular mortality in four European populations , 2013, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

[4]  S. Kouidhi,et al.  Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes: A Global Meta-Analysis Studying the Genetic Differences in Tunisian Populations , 2012, Human biology.

[5]  H. Aounallah-Skhiri,et al.  Gender Obesity Inequities Are Huge but Differ Greatly According to Environment and Socio-Economics in a North African Setting: A National Cross-Sectional Study in Tunisia , 2012, PloS one.

[6]  H. Aounallah-Skhiri,et al.  Prevalence and determinants of the metabolic syndrome among Tunisian adults: results of the Transition and Health Impact in North Africa (TAHINA) project , 2012, Public Health Nutrition.

[7]  B. Popkin,et al.  Is the burden of overweight shifting to the poor across the globe? Time trends among women in 39 low- and middle-income countries (1991–2008) , 2012, International Journal of Obesity.

[8]  P. Traissac,et al.  Alternatives to principal components analysis to derive asset-based indices to measure socio-economic position in low- and middle-income countries: the case for multiple correspondence analysis. , 2012, International journal of epidemiology.

[9]  J. Krakauer,et al.  A New Body Shape Index Predicts Mortality Hazard Independently of Body Mass Index , 2012, PloS one.

[10]  B. Caballero,et al.  Global gender disparities in obesity: a review. , 2012, Advances in nutrition.

[11]  Debbie A Lawlor,et al.  Measuring socio-economic position for epidemiological studies in low- and middle-income countries: a methods of measurement in epidemiology paper , 2012, International journal of epidemiology.

[12]  B. Popkin,et al.  Global nutrition transition and the pandemic of obesity in developing countries. , 2012, Nutrition reviews.

[13]  D. Comas,et al.  Genetic structure of Tunisian ethnic groups revealed by paternal lineages. , 2011, American journal of physical anthropology.

[14]  A. Musaiger.  Overweight and Obesity in Eastern Mediterranean Region: Prevalence and Possible Causes , 2011, Journal of obesity.

[15]  C. Bouchard,et al.  Short sleep duration preferentially increases abdominal adiposity in adults: preliminary evidence , 2011, Clinical obesity.

[16]  Cecilia M. Lindgren,et al.  Genetics and epigenetics of obesity , 2011, Maturitas.

[17]  H. Aounallah-Skhiri,et al.  Nutrition transition among adolescents of a south-Mediterranean country: dietary patterns, association with socio-economic factors, overweight and blood pressure. A cross-sectional study in Tunisia , 2011, Nutrition journal.

[18]  U. Ekelund,et al.  Physical activity and gain in abdominal adiposity and body weight: prospective cohort study in 288,498 men and women. , 2011, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[19]  G. Davey Smith,et al.  Weight of nations: a socioeconomic analysis of women in low- to middle-income countries. , 2011, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[20]  Christopher M Reid,et al.  Comparing Trends in BMI and Waist Circumference , 2011, Obesity.

[21]  J. Stevens,et al.  Associations between gender, age and waist circumference , 2011, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

[22]  R. Newbold.  Impact of environmental endocrine disrupting chemicals on the development of obesity , 2010, Hormones.

[23]  J. Chan,et al.  Worsening trend of central obesity despite stable or declining body mass index in Hong Kong Chinese between 1996 and 2005 , 2010, European Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

[24]  E. Demerath.  Causes and consequences of human variation in visceral adiposity. , 2010, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[25]  E. Demerath,et al.  Rapid Postnatal Weight Gain and Visceral Adiposity in Adulthood: The Fels Longitudinal Study , 2009, Obesity.

[26]  P. Katzmarzyk,et al.  Variability in Waist Circumference Measurements According to Anatomic Measurement Site , 2009, Obesity.

[27]  S. Moore.  Waist versus weight: which matters more for mortality? , 2009, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[28]  J. Wells.  Ethnic variability in adiposity and cardiovascular risk: the variable disease selection hypothesis. , 2009, International journal of epidemiology.

[29]  Paul Knekt,et al.  Mapping geographical variation in obesity in Finland. , 2008, European journal of public health.

[30]  H. Aounallah-Skhiri,et al.  Nutritional status of Tunisian adolescents: associated gender, environmental and socio-economic factors , 2008, Public Health Nutrition.

[31]  Shumei S. Sun,et al.  Visceral adiposity and its anatomical distribution as predictors of the metabolic syndrome and cardiometabolic risk factor levels. , 2008, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[32]  Adina Batnitzky.  Obesity and household roles: gender and social class in Morocco. , 2008, Sociology of health & illness.

[33]  K. Alberti,et al.  Waist circumference cut‐off points for identification of abdominal obesity among the tunisian adult population , 2007, Diabetes, obesity & metabolism.

[34]  W. Willett,et al.  First Nationwide Survey of Prevalence of Overweight, Underweight, and Abdominal Obesity in Iranian Adults , 2007, Obesity.

[35]  Udo Hoffmann,et al.  Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Adipose Tissue Compartments: Association With Metabolic Risk Factors in the Framingham Heart Study , 2007, Circulation.

[36]  G. Hunter,et al.  Intra-abdominal adipose tissue deposition and parity , 2006, International Journal of Obesity.

[37]  A. Hajjej,et al.  HLA genes in Southern Tunisians (Ghannouch area) and their relationship with other Mediterraneans. , 2006, European journal of medical genetics.

[38]  Paul Zimmet,et al.  The metabolic syndrome—a new worldwide definition , 2005, The Lancet.

[39]  Basile Chaix,et al.  A brief conceptual tutorial of multilevel analysis in social epidemiology: linking the statistical concept of clustering to the idea of contextual phenomenon , 2005, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.

[40]  C. Hankey,et al.  Relationships between cigarette smoking, body size and body shape , 2005, International Journal of Obesity.

[41]  M. Ashwell,et al.  Six reasons why the waist-to-height ratio is a rapid and effective global indicator for health risks of obesity and how its use could simplify the international public health message on obesity , 2005, International journal of food sciences and nutrition.

[42]  E. C. Moura,et al.  Socioeconomic status and obesity in adult populations of developing countries: a review. , 2004, Bulletin of the World Health Organization.

[43]  J. Seidell,et al.  Time trends (1993–1997) and seasonal variation in body mass index and waist circumference in the Netherlands , 2004, International Journal of Obesity.

[44]  P. Jousilahti,et al.  Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Omani adults. , 2003, Diabetes care.

[45]  A. Astrup,et al.  Obesity : Preventing and managing the global epidemic , 2000 .

[46]  Who Consultation on Obesity.  Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. Report of a WHO consultation. , 2000, World Health Organization technical report series.

[47]  C Osmond,et al.  Obesity at the age of 50 y in men and women exposed to famine prenatally. , 1999, The American journal of clinical nutrition.

[48]  Edward L. Korn,et al.  Analysis of Health Surveys , 1999 .

[49]  E. Korn,et al.  Analysis of Health Surveys: Korn/Analysis , 1999 .

[50]  J. Hodgson,et al.  The role of nutrition in abdominal obesity , 1999 .

[51]  E. Poehlman,et al.  Effects of the menopause transition on body fatness and body fat distribution. , 1998, Obesity research.

[52]  J. Seidell,et al.  Waist circumference action levels in the identification of cardiovascular risk factors: prevalence study in a random sample , 1995, BMJ.

[53]  J. Seidell,et al.  Fat distribution in relation to age, degree of obesity, smoking habits, parity and estrogen use: a cross-sectional study in 11,825 Dutch women participating in the DOM-project. , 1990, International journal of obesity.

[54]  J. Tobin,et al.  Studies in the distribution of body fat: I. Effects of age, sex, and obesity. , 1989, Journal of gerontology.

[55]  T. Lohman,et al.  Anthropometric Standardization Reference Manual , 1988 .