Under- and overnutrition dynamics in Chinese children and adults (1991-2004)

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1302-1307

  Dearth Wesley, T ^a   Wang, H ^b   Popkin, B M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 56349168908     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602853     Document Type: Article

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