Rapid increases in obesity in Jamaica, compared to Nigeria and the United States

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Durazo Arvizu, Ramón A ^a   Luke, Amy ^a   Cooper, Richard S ^a   Cao, Guichan ^a   Dugas, Lara ^a   Adeyemo, Adebowale ^b   Boyne, Michael ^c   Forrester, Terrence ^c  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; SAMPLE SIZE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 44049087686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-133     Document Type: Article

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