Socio-economic status and urbanization are linked to snacks and obesity in adolescents in Botswana

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2260-2267

  Maruapula, Segametsi D ^a   Jackson, Jose C ^a   Holsten, Joanna ^b   Shaibu, Sheila ^a   Malete, Leapetswe ^a   Wrotniak, Brian ^b   Ratcliffe, Sarah J ^b   Mokone, George G ^a   Stettler, Nicolas ^b,c   Compher, Charlene ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Food patterns; Nutrition transition; Snacks; Traditional diet

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOTSWANA; CALORIC INTAKE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FRUIT; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOLS; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84857227392     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001339     Document Type: Review

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