Perceptions and Experiences of Overweight among Women in the Ga East District, Ghana

Frontiers in Nutrition

Volumn 3, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Aryeetey, Richmond Nii Okai ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

belief; experience; Ghana; overweight; perception; stigma; women

Indexed keywords

EID: 85003455652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2296861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2016.00013     Document Type: Article

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