The Socio-economic determinants of obesity in adults in the Bahamas

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 434-441

  Brathwaite, N V ^a   Brathwaite, A ^b   Taylor, M ^c  

^a BAHAMAS MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Bahamas)

^b Rand Memorial Hospital   (Bahamas)

^c Key Laboratory of Marine Chemistry Theory and Technology   (Bahamas)

Author keywords

Food expenditure; Obesity; SES; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BAHAMAS; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; MIDDLE AGED; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BAHAMAS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84856376059     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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