Overweight and Obesity: a major problem for Indigenous Australians

Authors

Jane Burns, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Neil Thomson, Edith Cowan University

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Faculty

Faculty of Education and Arts

School

Kurongkurl Katitjin / Centre for Research in Entertainment, Arts,Technology, Education and Communications / Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

RAS ID

4884

Comments

Burns, J. F., & Thomson, N. J. (2006). Overweight and Obesity: a major problem for Indigenous Australians. Australian Indigenous Health Bulletin, 6(4), 1-10. Available here

Abstract

The increasing prevalence of obesity in Australia has attracted attention as a health concern and the worldwide increase has been called a global epidemic by the World Health Organization.

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