Prevalence of overweight in the Seychelles: 15 Year trends and association with socio-economic status

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 511-517

  Bovet, P ^a,b   Chiolero, A ^b   Shamlaye, C ^a   Paccaud, F ^b  

^a Ministry of Health and Social Development   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Africa; Obesity; Socio economic status; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENTIATION; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 54049121420     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2008.00513.x     Document Type: Article

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