Timed activity studies for assessing the energy expenditure of women from an urban slum in south India

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 193-199

  Sujatha, Tetali ^a   Shatrugna, Veena ^a   Vidyasagar, P ^a   Begum, Nazeema ^a   Padmavathy, K S ^a   Reddy, G Chenna Krishna ^a   Narsimha Rao, G V ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

Author keywords

Energy requirement; India; Time spent on child care; Time spent on housework; Time spent on occupational work; Time disposition studies; Women's work

Indexed keywords

ASSESSMENT METHOD; ENERGY USE; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS STATUS;

INDIA;

SLUM;

EID: 0041887156     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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