Prevalence of obesity in a rural Asian Indian (Bangladeshi) population and its determinants

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Siddiquee, Tasnima ^a   Bhowmik, Bishwajit ^a   Da Vale Moreira, Nayla Cristina ^a   Mujumder, Anindita ^c   Mahtab, Hajera ^b   Khan, A K Azad ^b   Hussain, Akhtar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b Bangladesh Institute of Research and Rehabilitation in Diabetes Endocrine and Metabolic Disorders   (Bangladesh)

^c Ibrahim Medical College   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRY; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84940981960     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-2193-4     Document Type: Article

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