Obesity and inequities in health in the developing world

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1181-1186

  Monteiro, C A ^a   Conde, W L ^a   Lu, B ^b,c   Popkin, B M ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^c CB# 8120 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; GNP per capita; Inequities in health; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 4344715392     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802716     Document Type: Review

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