Overweight and obesity and its socio-demographic correlates among urban Ethiopian women: Evidence from the 2011 EDHS

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Abrha, Solomon ^a   Shiferaw, Solomon ^b   Ahmed, Kedir Y ^c  

^a WOLAITA SODO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Urban Ethiopian women

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84979518686     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3315-3     Document Type: Article

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