Urbanisation and geographic variation of overweight and obesity in India: a cross-sectional analysis of the Indian Demographic Health Survey 2005–2006

Saad Siddiqui (), Ngianga-Bakwin Kandala and Saverio Stranges ()

International Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 60, issue 6, 717-726

Abstract: High-risk estimates for overweight/obesity in urban settings, along with socioeconomic prowess in India and the resulting nutritional transition make a compelling case for public health policy on healthy lifestyles to avert the growing burden of non-communicable diseases associated with overweight/obesity. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2015

Keywords: India; Epidemiology; Nutrition; Obesity; Risk factors; Geographic variation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0720-9

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