Data on prevalence of obesity and waist circumference in Turkey: Systematic review, meta-analysis and meta-regression of epidemiological studies on cardiovascular risk factors

• Main Authors: Dilek Ural (Author), Mustafa Kılıçkap (Author), Hüseyin Göksülük (Author), Doruk Karaaslan (Author), Meral Kayıkçıoğlu (Author), Necla Özer (Author), Cem Barçın (Author), Mehmet Birhan Yılmaz (Author), Adnan Abacı (Author), Şule Şengül (Author), Turgay Arınsoy (Author), Yunus Erdem (Author), Yavuz Sanisoğlu (Author), Mahmut Şahin (Author), Lale Tokgözoğlu (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: KARE Publishing, 2018-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Objective: Obesity is the most important epidemic of the 21st century and its incidence is increasing steadily in Turkey. The aim of this study was to assess the current status and temporal change in the prevalence of obesity in Turkey with a systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological st...