Is obesity an ineluctable consequence of development? A case study of Malaysia

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1057-1062

  Davey, T M ^a   Allotey, P ^a   Reidpath, D D ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Developing nations; Ecological Public Health; Obesity

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; DEVELOPMENT LEVEL; ECONOMIC GROWTH; INCOME; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COGNITION; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOSYSTEM HEALTH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDUSTRIALIZATION; MALAYSIA; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; WELLBEING;

MALAYSIA;

EID: 84889583833     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.008     Document Type: Review

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