Overweight and underweight coexist within households in Brazil, China and Russia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 130, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 2965-2971

  Doak, Colleen M ^a   Adair, Linda S ^a   Monteiro, Carlos ^a,b   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; China; Nutrition transition; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHINA; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0034535638     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jn/130.12.2965     Document Type: Article

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