Overnutrition and associated factors among adults aged 20 years and above in fishing communities in the urban Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 591-595

  Pereko, Kingsley K A ^a   Setorglo, Jacob ^a   Owusu, William B ^b   Tiweh, Joyce M ^c   Achampong, Emmanuel K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c KOMFO ANOKYE TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Energy; Formal education; Macronutrient; Overnutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE DIET; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN INTAKE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIETARY CARBOHYDRATES; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY PROTEINS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874677616     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012002698     Document Type: Article

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