Analyses of the anthropometric data from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey

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SN McCarthy · Irish Universities Association

KE Harrington · St. James's Hospital

Máiréad Kiely · University College Cork

Albert Flynn · University College Cork

Paula J. Robson · University of Ulster

MBE Livingstone · University of Ulster

MJ Gibney ·

Abstract

A revision of current recommendations for combating obesity is warranted to improve the health of the Irish population. Further research is needed to identify the factors that have contributed to the dramatic increase in the prevalence of obesity in men over the last decade and have resulted in a higher prevalence of obesity in men than in women.

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Pharmacology and Obesity Treatment Bariatric Surgery and Outcomes Eating Disorders and Behaviors

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Published in: Public Health Nutrition

Volume 4, Issue 5a, pp. 1099-1106

DOI: 10.1079/phn2001191

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Analyses of the anthropometric data from the North/South Ireland Food Consumption Survey

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