The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and their related sociodemographic and lifestyle factors among adult women in Myanmar, 2015-16

PLoS ONE

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2018, Pages

  Hong, Seo Ah ^a,b   Peltzer, Karl ^c   Lwin, Kyi Tun ^a   Aung, La Seng ^a  

^a MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^c TON DUC THANG UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTRACEPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; TOBACCO USE; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; HEALTH SURVEY; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; MYANMAR; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85044100567     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194454     Document Type: Article

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