Association between socioeconomic status and obesity in a Chinese adult population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xiao, Yuanyuan ^a,c   Zhao, Naiqing ^c   Wang, Hao ^a   Zhang, Jie ^a   He, Qingfang ^a   Su, Danting ^a   Zhao, Ming ^a   Wang, Lixin ^a   Zhang, Xinwei ^a   Hu, Ruying ^a   Yu, Min ^a   Ye, Zhen ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b Zhejiang Province Health Bureau Center of Information   (China)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Association; Cross sectional study; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84876093816     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-355     Document Type: Article

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