Correlates and inequality of underweight and overweight among women of reproductive age: Evidence from the 2016 Nepal Demographic Health Survey

Understanding socio-economic correlates and inequality of underweight and overweight is crucial to develop interventions to prevent adverse health outcomes. We analysed Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2016 data from 6,069 women aged 15-49 years. WHO cut-offs for Body Mass Index categorised as: u...

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Veröffentlicht in:	PloS one 2019-05, Vol.14 (5), p.e0216644-e0216644
Hauptverfasser:	Rai, Anjana, Gurung, Swadesh, Thapa, Subash, Saville, Naomi M
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Age Biology and Life Sciences Body mass Body mass index Body size Body weight Demographic aspects Demographics Economic aspects Economics Education Equality Exercise Female Food Food security Food supply Gender equality Health Health Surveys Healthcare Disparities - statistics & numerical data Households Humans Leanness Medical research Medicine and Health Sciences Middle Aged Nepal - epidemiology Nutrition Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Occupations Overnutrition Overweight Overweight - epidemiology Overweight persons People and Places Physical activity Poor women Regression analysis Reproduction Risk Secondary education Social aspects Social class Socioeconomic factors Socioeconomics Systematic review Thinness - epidemiology Undernutrition Underweight Women Women's health Womens health Young Adult
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