Nutritional status of women in Bangladesh: Comparison of energy intake and nutritional status of a low income rural group with a high income urban group

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 61-68

  Islam, Md Zahirul ^a   Akhtaruzzaman, Mohammed ^b   Lamberg Allardt, Christel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Bangladesh; Body composition; Energy intake; Socio economic groups; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RURAL AREA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BANGLADESH; BASAL METABOLISM; BODY COMPOSITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET RECORDS; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LACTATION; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREGNANCY; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS;

EID: 3042730176     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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