Overweight and obesity prevalence among Indian women by place of residence and socio-economic status: Contrasting patterns from 'underweight states' and 'overweight states' of India

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 161-169

  Sengupta, Angan ^a,b   Angeli, Federica ^a   Syamala, Thelakkat S ^c   Dagnelie, Pieter C ^d   Schayck, C P van ^d  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Indian Institute of Health Management Research   (India)

^c INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHANGE   (India)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

India; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Overweight; Overweight states; Underweight states

Indexed keywords

BODY CONDITION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DEVELOPING WORLD; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; URBAN POPULATION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; BODY WEIGHT; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

BIHAR; DELHI; INDIA; KERALA; MADHYA PRADESH; ODISHA; PUNJAB [INDIA];

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84934969821     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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