Overweight and obesity among women: Analysis of demographic and health survey data from 32 Sub-Saharan African Countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Neupane, Subas ^a   Prakash, K C ^a   Doku, David Teye ^b  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE COAST   (Ghana)

Author keywords

BMI; DHS; Obesity; Overweight; Sub Saharan Africa; Women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84953790372     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-2698-5     Document Type: Article

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