Factors associated with BMI, underweight, overweight, and obesity among adults in a population of rural south India: A crosssectional study

BMC Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Little, Matthew ^a   Humphries, Sally ^a   Patel, Kirit ^b   Dewey, Cate ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diet; India; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Rural; Tamil Nadu; Underweight

Indexed keywords

POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; GENDER; GLOBAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SITTING; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION VIEWING; TOBACCO USE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 85021141259     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20529538     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/S40608-016-0091-7     Document Type: Article

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