Trends in overweight by educational level in 33 low- and middle-income countries: The role of parity, age at first birth and breastfeeding

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 806-817

  Lopez Arana, S ^a   Burdorf, A ^a   Avendano, M ^a,b,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Education; Overweight; Parity.

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORTH AFRICA; OBESITY; PARITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; SOUTH ASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREND STUDY;

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATION; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY.;

ADULT; ASIA; BIRTH ORDER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION;

EID: 84883790991     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/obr.12051     Document Type: Review

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