Do burdens of underweight and overweight coexist among lower socioeconomic groups in India?

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 90, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 369-376

  Subramanian, S V ^a   Perkins, Jessica M ^b   Khan, Kashif T ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949121920     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27487     Document Type: Article

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