Excess male chronic energy deficiency among adolescents: A cross-sectional study in the context of patrilineal and matrilineal societies in Northeast India

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1007-1014

  Khongsdier, R ^a   Varte, R ^a   Mukherjee, N ^b  

^a NORTH EASTERN HILL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Women's College   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Gender; Sex; Socio economic condition; South Asia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION DISORDERS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 31044451283     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602205     Document Type: Article

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