Female sex, poverty and globalization as determinants of obesity among rural South African type 2 diabetics: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Adeniyi, Oladele Vincent ^a   Longo Mbenza, Benjamin ^a   Ter Goon, Daniel ^b  

^a WALTER SISULU UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FORT HARE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Non communicable diseases; Obesity; Rural health; South Africa; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

AGED; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AFRICA;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA; SUBURBAN HEALTH; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84928103949     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1622-8     Document Type: Article

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