Changes in body size, shape and nutritional status of Middle-Class Bengali boys of Kolkata, India, 1982-2002

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 75-94

  Dasgupta, Parasmani ^a   Saha, Rana ^a   Nubé, Maarten ^b  

^a INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE   (India)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body shape; India; Kolkata; Nutritional status; Physical growth; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION; FAMILY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MOTHER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; THINNESS;

EID: 39049088199     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.05.001     Document Type: Article

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