Trends in obesity, underweight, and wasting among women attending prenatal clinics in urban Tanzania, 1995-2004

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1387-1394

  Villamor, Eduardo ^a   Msamanga, Gernard ^b   Urassa, Willy ^b   Petraro, Paul ^a   Spiegelman, Donna ^a   Hunter, David J ^a   Fawzi, Wafaie W ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b MUHIMBILI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Pregnancy; Secular trends; Underweight; Wasting; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; OBESITY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TANZANIA; UNDERWEIGHT; WASTING SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL CARE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; TANZANIA; URBAN POPULATION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 33745584146     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/83.6.1387     Document Type: Article

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