Distribution and social determinants of overweight and obesity: a cross-sectional study of non-pregnant adult women from the Malawi Demographic and Health Survey (2015-2016)
OBJECTIVES Hitherto regarded as a public health issue of well-heeled nations, overweight and obesity have emerged as a problem of concern in developing nations. Although social and demographic factors are equally important as proximal lifestyle factors affecting health, their role is neither well re...
Main Authors: | Leonard Mndala, Abhay Kudale |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Korean Society of Epidemiology
2019-09-01
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Series: | Epidemiology and Health |
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Online Access: | http://e-epih.org/upload/pdf/epih-41-e2019039.pdf |
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