Study on obesity and Influence of dietary factors on the weight status of an adult population in Jamnagar city of Gujarat: A cross-sectional analytical study

Indian Journal of Community Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 482-486

  Vadera, Bhavin N ^a   Yadav, Sudha B ^a   Yadav, Babusingh S ^a   Parmar, Dipesh V ^a   Unadkat, Sumit V ^a  

^a MP Shah Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Calorie intake; dietary factors; obesity; overweight; weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651306933     PISSN: 09700218     EISSN: 19983581     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0218.74346     Document Type: Article

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