Overweight exceeds underweight among women in most developing countries

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 714-721

  Mendez, Michelle A ^a   Monteiro, Carlos A ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Income; Malnutrition; Overweight; Socioeconomic status; Urbanization; Women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 15744367519     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/81.3.714     Document Type: Article

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