Prevalence of obesity, food choices and socio-economic status: A cross-sectional study in the north-west of Iran

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 996-1000

  Dastgiri, Saeed ^a   Mahdavi, Reza ^a   TuTunchi, Helda ^a   Faramarzi, Elnaz ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Food consumption; Iran; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33846840903     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/PHN2006982     Document Type: Article

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