Knowledge, attitude, and prevalence of overweight and obesity among civil servants in Nepal

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 507-517

  Simkhada, Prakash ^a   Poobalan, Amudha ^a   Simkhada, Padam P ^a   Amalraj, Raja ^a   Aucott, Lorna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

attitude; civil servants; knowledge; Nepal; obesity prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; NEPAL; OBESITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NEPAL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC SECTOR;

EID: 79960552670     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539509348662     Document Type: Article

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