Evidence of a double burden of malnutrition in urban poor settings in Nairobi, Kenya

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Kimani Murage, Elizabeth W ^a   Muthuri, Stella K ^a   Oti, Samuel O ^a,b   Mutua, Martin K ^a   Van De Vijver, Steven ^a,b   Kyobutungi, Catherine ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KENYA; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MATERNAL WELFARE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POVERTY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; STUNTING; URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; INFANT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KENYA; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939247421     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129943     Document Type: Article

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