Is household food insecurity associated with overweight/obesity in women?

Iranian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 380-390

  Mohammadi, Fatemeh ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^a   Harrison, Gail G ^b   Ghazi Tabatabaei, Mahmood ^c   Abdollahi, Morteza ^a   Houshiar Rad, Anahita ^a   Mehrabi, Yadollah ^a   Dorosty, Ahmad Reza ^d  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Food security; Household; Iran; Overweight; Women

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879163269     PISSN: 22516085     EISSN: 22516093     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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