Prevalence of overweight and obesity in young adults in Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 367-373

  Baalwa, J ^a   Byarugaba, B B ^b   Kabagambe, K E ^c   Otim, A M ^a  

^a MAKERERE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Uganda)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Uganda; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; UGANDA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79952299872     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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