Prevalence and differentials of overweight and obesity in preschool children in Sub-Saharan Africa

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Gebremedhin, Samson ^a  

^a HAWASSA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BURKINA FASO; BURUNDI; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMOROS; CONGO; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GAMBIA; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; GUINEA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; LIBERIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALE; MALI; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MOZAMBIQUE; NAMIBIA; NEWBORN; NIGER; NIGERIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; RWANDA; SENEGAL; SEX RATIO; SIBLING; SIERRA LEONE; STUNTING; TANZANIA; TOGO; UGANDA; ZAMBIA; ZIMBABWE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84960437776     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009005     Document Type: Article

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