Trends in overweight among women differ by occupational class: Results from 33 low-and middle-income countries in the period 1992-2009

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 97-105

  Lopez Arana, S ^a   Avendano, M ^a,b,c   Van Lenthe, F J ^a   Burdorf, A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

developing countries; labor force; occupation; overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CENTRAL AMERICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EGYPT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD WEALTH INDEX; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL AGE; NEPAL; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; OFFICE WORKER; PARITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA;

ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARIBBEAN REGION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; INCOME; LATIN AMERICA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONS; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84891829664     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.50     Document Type: Article

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