Association between Farming and Chronic Energy Deficiency in Rural South India

Asvini K Subasinghe, Karen Z Walker, Roger G Evans, Velandai Srikanth, Simin Arabshahi, Kamakshi Kartik, Kartik Kalyanram and Amanda G Thrift

PLOS ONE, 2014, vol. 9, issue 1, 1-9

Abstract: Objective: To examine factors associated with chronic energy deficiency (CED) and anaemia in disadvantaged Indian adults who are mostly involved in subsistence farming. Design: A cross-sectional study in which we collected information on socio-demographic factors, physical activity, anthropometry, blood haemoglobin concentration, and daily household food intake. These data were used to calculate body mass index (BMI), basal metabolic rate (BMR), daily energy expenditure, and energy and nutrient intake. Multivariable backward stepwise logistic regression was used to assess socioeconomic and lifestyle factors associated with CED (defined as BMI

Date: 2014
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