The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: Data from a national survey

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages

  Biswas, Tuhin ^a   Garnett, Sarah P ^b,c   Pervin, Sonia ^a   Rawal, Lal B ^a,d  

^a Health Systems and Population Studies Division   (Bangladesh)

^b University of Sydney   (Australia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BANGLADESHI; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT; AGED; BANGLADESH; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 85019672926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0177395     Document Type: Article

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