Rural-urban comparison in prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents of Asian Indian origin

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 928-935

  Ghosh, Arnab ^a  

^a VISVA BHARATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Asian Indians; BMI; childhood obesity; CVD; rural urban comparison

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 82955241235     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511428697     Document Type: Article

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