Economic development, urbanization, technological change and overweight: What do we learn from 244 Demographic and Health Surveys?

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 109-127

  Goryakin, Yevgeniy ^a,b   Suhrcke, Marc ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Economic development; Overweight; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMICS; TECHNOLOGY; URBANIZATION; AGE; BODY MASS; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; ECONOMICS; HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903273923     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.11.003     Document Type: Article

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