The burden of obesity in women of reproductive age and in pregnancy in a middle-income setting: A population based study from Jamaica

PLoS ONE

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2017, Pages

  Kanguru, Lovney ^a   McCaw Binns, Affette ^b   Bell, Jacqueline ^c   Yonger Coleman, Novie ^d   Wilks, Rainford ^d   Hussein, Julia ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^c NHS GRAMPIAN   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^e Independent Maternal Health Consultant   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE BURDEN; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; JAMAICA; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL DEATH; MIDDLE INCOME GROUP; OBESITY; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; WOMEN'S HEALTH; INCOME; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY;

FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; JAMAICA; OBESITY; PREGNANCY;

EID: 85038259791     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0188677     Document Type: Article

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