Double burden of underweight and overweight among Bangladeshi adults differs between men and women: Evidence from a nationally representative survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2017, Pages 2183-2191

  Hoque, Mohammad E ^a   Hasan, Md T ^a   Rahman, Muntasirur ^a   Long, Kurt Z ^a,b   Al Mamun, Abdullah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b SWISS TROPICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender difference; Nationally representative survey; Underweight and overweight burden

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85021115124     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017000957     Document Type: Article

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