Body mass index and waist circumference in Mozambique: Urban/rural gap during epidemiological transition

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 627-634

  Gomes, A ^a   Damasceno, A ^b   Azevedo, A ^a   Prista, A ^c   Silva Matos, C ^d   Saranga, S ^c   Lunet, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b EDUARDO MONDLANE UNIVERSITY   (Mozambique)

^c Universidade Pedagógica Campus de Lhanguene   (Mozambique)

^d Mozambique Ministry of Health   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Mozambique; Obesity; prevalence; STEPS

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOZAMBIQUE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOZAMBIQUE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 77956157349     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00739.x     Document Type: Article

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