Change in the Body Mass Index Distribution for Women: Analysis of Surveys from 37 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Razak, Fahad ^a   Corsi, Daniel J ^b   Subramanian, S V ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; OBESITY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84873866148     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001367     Document Type: Article

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