Family average income and body mass index above the healthy weight range among urban and rural residents in regional Mainland China

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 47-51

  Xu, Fei ^a   Yin, Xiao Mei ^a   Zhang, Min ^a   Leslie, Eva ^b   Ware, Robert ^b   Owen, Neville ^b  

^a NANJING MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Mainland China; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Socio economic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 13544256289     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2005653     Document Type: Article

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