Geographic variation of overweight and obesity among women in Nigeria: A case for nutritional transition in Sub-Saharan Africa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Kandala, Ngianga Bakwin ^a,b,c   Stranges, Saverio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL PARAMETERS; NUTRITIONAL TRANSITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT; GEOGRAPHY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NIGERIA; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903590485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0101103     Document Type: Article

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