Is obesity becoming a public health problem in India? Examine the shift from under- to overnutrition problems over time

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 456-474

  Wang, Y ^a   Chen, H J ^a   Shaikh, S ^a   Mathur, P ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; India; Obesity; Underweight

Indexed keywords

GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALNUTRITION; MARRIED WOMAN; MEDLINE; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651151339     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00568.x     Document Type: Review

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