Association between Milk and Milk Product Consumption and Anthropometric Measures in Adult Men and Women in India: A Cross-Sectional Study

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Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Satija, Ambika ^a   Agrawal, Sutapa ^a   Bowen, Liza ^b   Khandpur, Neha ^a   Kinra, Sanjay ^b   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^c   Reddy, Kolli Srinath ^a   Smith, George Davey ^d   Ebrahim, Shah ^a,b  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION OF INDIA   (India)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BUTTERMILK; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CURD; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MIGRATION; MILK; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIBLING; SMOKING; TEA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DAIRY PRODUCTS; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK; OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875977486     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060739     Document Type: Article

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