Association between socioeconomic status indicators and obesity in adolescent students in Botswana, an African country in rapid nutrition transition

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Wrotniak, B H ^a,b   Malete, L ^c   Maruapula, S D ^c   Jackson, J ^c   Shaibu, S ^c   Ratcliffe, S ^b   Stettler, N ^a,b   Compher, C ^d  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Botswana; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BOTSWANA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL CLASS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84863462163     PISSN: 20476310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2011.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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