A study on whether economic development and urbanization of areas are associated with prevalence of obesity in Chinese adults: Findings from 2009 China health and nutrition surveys

Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing

Volumn 251, Issue , 2014, Pages 289-305

  Dai, Jing ^a,b   Sriboonchitta, Songsak ^b   Zi, Cheng ^a   Yang, Yunjuan ^c  

^a KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c Yunnan Center of Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SURVEYS;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; IMPACT FACTOR; LOGISTIC MODELS; MEDICAL EXPENDITURES; NUTRITION SURVEY; SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTOR; THREE-LEVEL;

NUTRITION;

EID: 84897861044     PISSN: 21945357     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-03395-2_19     Document Type: Conference Paper

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