Preschool overweight and obesity in urban and rural Vietnam: Differences in prevalence and associated factors

Global Health Action

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Minh Do, Loan ^a,b   Tran, Toan Khanh ^c   Eriksson, Bo ^b   Petzold, Max ^b,d   Nguyen, Chuc T K ^c   Ascher, Henry ^b,e  

^a National Hospital of Paediatrics   (Viet Nam)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e Angered Hospital   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Preschool children; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; URBAN POPULATION; VIET NAM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION; VIETNAM;

EID: 84948823504     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v8.28615     Document Type: Article

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