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Change in the Body Mass Index Distribution for Women: Analysis of Surveys from 37 Low- and Middle-Income Countries

BACKGROUND: There are well-documented global increases in mean body mass index (BMI) and prevalence of overweight (BMI≥25.0 kg/m(2)) and obese (BMI≥30.0 kg/m(2)). Previous analyses, however, have failed to report whether this weight gain is shared equally across the population. We examined the chang...

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Main Authors: Razak, Fahad, Corsi, Daniel J., SV Subramanian
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3545870/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23335861
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1001367
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