Small area estimation of obesity prevalence and dietary patterns: A model applied to Rio de Janeiro city, Brazil

Health and Place

Volumn 26, Issue , 2014, Pages 47-52

  Cataife, Guido ^a  

^a IMPAQ International LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Brazil; Obesity; Overweight; Small area estimation; Spatial microsimulation

Indexed keywords

CENSUS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; DIET; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH POLICY; OBESITY; OPTIMIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MODEL; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIET; PREVALENCE; THEORETICAL MODEL;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO [BRAZIL]; RIO DE JANEIRO [RIO DE JANEIRO (STT)];

BRAZIL; DIET; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS;

EID: 84890868072     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: 18732054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2013.12.004     Document Type: Article

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