Obesity and developing countries;Obesite et developpement des pays du sud

Medecine Tropicale

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 380-388

  Delpeuch, F ^a,b   Maire, B ^a  

^a Centre Collaborateur de l'Oms   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Developing countries; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIET; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0031310256     PISSN: 0025682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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