Socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of underweight, overweight, and obesity among women aged 20–49 in low- and middle-income countries

Objective To analyze socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of underweight and overweight or obesity in women from low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods Using the last available Demographic Health Survey between 2010 and 2016 from 49 LMICs, we estimated the prevalence of underweight...

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Veröffentlicht in:	International Journal of Obesity 2020-03, Vol.44 (3), p.609-616
Hauptverfasser:	Reyes Matos, Ursula, Mesenburg, Marilia Arndt, Victora, Cesar G.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	692/308/174 692/700/2814 692/700/478/174 Adult Body weight Correlation coefficient Correlation coefficients Cross-Sectional Studies Demographic aspects Developing Countries - statistics & numerical data Epidemics Epidemiology Female Global Health GNI Gross National Income Health aspects Health care disparities Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Humans Income Inequality Internal Medicine Medical research Medicine Medicine & Public Health Medicine, Experimental Metabolic Diseases Middle Aged Nutrition disorders Nutritionally induced diseases Obesity Obesity - epidemiology Overweight Overweight - epidemiology Prevalence Prevalence studies (Epidemiology) Public Health Regression analysis Risk factors Socioeconomic Factors Socioeconomics Thinness - epidemiology Underweight Women Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Objective To analyze socioeconomic inequalities in the prevalence of underweight and overweight or obesity in women from low and middle-income countries (LMICs). Methods Using the last available Demographic Health Survey between 2010 and 2016 from 49 LMICs, we estimated the prevalence of underweight (BMI
ISSN:	0307-0565 1476-5497
DOI:	10.1038/s41366-019-0503-0