Urbanicity gradients are associated with the household- and individual-level double burden of malnutrition in sub-saharan Africa

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 146, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 1257-1267

  Jones, Andrew D ^a   Acharya, Yubraj ^a   Galway, Lindsay P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b LAKEHEAD UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Child stunting; Double burden; Overweight; Sub saharan africa; Urbanicity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL AREA; SPATIAL AUTOCORRELATION ANALYSIS; STUNTING; URBAN AREA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; FAMILY SIZE; GROWTH DISORDERS; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ANEMIA, IRON-DEFICIENCY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HEMOGLOBINS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALNUTRITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84973515242     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.226654     Document Type: Article

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