Prevalence of overweight in bolivia: Data on women and adolescents

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 373-377

  Perez Cueto F J A ^a,b   Botti, A Bayá ^c,d   Verbeke, W ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b Servicios Para El Desarrollo Rural SEDRURAL SRL ^*  (Belgium)

^c INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^d Medico de planta del Hospital Obrero Nro 2 de la Caja Nacional de Salud   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Bolivia; DHS; Overweight; South America; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BOLIVIA; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651183881     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00575.x     Document Type: Article

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