Environmental factors associated with overweight among adults in Nigeria

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity

Volumn 9, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Oyeyemi, Adewale L ^a   Adegoke, Babatunde O ^b   Oyeyemi, Adetoyeje Y ^a   Deforche, Benedicte ^c,d   Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse D ^d   Sallis, James F ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Africa; Neighborhood environment; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CRIME; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDESTRIAN; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC; WALKING; AGED; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WALKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84858834537     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-9-32     Document Type: Article

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