Association between excess bodyweight and intake of red meat and vegetables among urban and rural adult Chinese in Nanjing, China

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 3-9

  Xu, Fei ^a,b,d   Yin, X M ^a   Tong, S L ^c  

^a Jinan Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^d NANJING MUNICIPAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

China; Obesity; Red meat; Vegetable

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRINKING; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZATION; RICE; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

EID: 38549166191     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/101053950701900302     Document Type: Article

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