Is the burden of overweight shifting to the poor across the globe Time trends among women in 39 low- and middle-income countries (1991-2008)

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1114-1120

  Jones Smith, J C ^a,b,c   Gordon Larsen, P ^c   Siddiqi, A ^d   Popkin, B M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c University of North Carolina   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

demographic health surveys; developing countries; health status disparities; obese; overweight; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859642173     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.179     Document Type: Article

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