Socio-economic drivers of overnutrition in China

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 471-479

  Shankar, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

China; Dietary fat; Energy intake; Quantile regression; Socio economic determinants

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; OVERNUTRITION; RURAL POPULATION; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77956557084     PISSN: 09523871     EISSN: 1365277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-277X.2009.01035.x     Document Type: Article

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