The obesity epidemic in Sri Lanka revisited

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2015, Pages NP1298-NP1299

  Jayawardena, Ranil ^a,b   Byrne, Nuala M ^a   Soares, Mario J ^c   Katulanda, Prasad ^b   Hills, Andrew P ^d  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SRI LANKA;

ADULT; AGED; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SRI LANKA;

EID: 84926341303     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: 19412479     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539512464650     Document Type: Article

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