Prevalence and time trends in overweight and obesity among urban women: An analysis of demographic and health surveys data from 24 African countries, 1991 - 2014

BMJ Open

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2017, Pages

  Amugsi, Dickson Abanimi ^a   Dimbuene, Zacharie T ^b,c   Mberu, Blessing ^a   Muthuri, Stella ^a   Ezeh, Alex C ^a  

^a AFRICAN POPULATION AND HEALTH RESEARCH CENTER   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Africa; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Trends; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BENIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BURKINA FASO; CONTROLLED STUDY; COTE D'IVOIRE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EGYPT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; GHANA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KENYA; MADAGASCAR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAWI; MALI; NIGER; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RWANDA; TANZANIA; TIME; TREND STUDY; UGANDA; URBAN POPULATION; ZAMBIA; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85049900669     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-017344     Document Type: Article

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