The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity in Bangladeshi adults: Data from a national survey.
<h4>Background</h4>Over the two last decades Bangladesh, a low-income country, has experienced a rapid demographic and epidemiological transition. The population has increased substantially with rapid urbanization and changing pattern of disease, which at least in part, can be explained...
Main Authors: | Tuhin Biswas, Sarah P Garnett, Sonia Pervin, Lal B Rawal |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2017-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0177395 |
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