The emergence of obesity among indigenous Siberians

• Main Authors: J. Josh Snodgrass, William R. Leonard, Mark V. Sorensen, Larissa A. Tarskaia, Vasili P. Alekseev, Vadim Krivoshapkin
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: obesity; body composition; economic development; circumpolar; Russia; Evenki
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.404.5655; http://www.pinniped.net/snodgrass2006.pdf

Abstract Once considered a disease of affluence and confined to industrialized nations, obesity is currently emerging as a major health concern in nearly every country in the world. Available data suggest that the prevalence rate of obesity has reached unprecedented levels in most developing countri...