Socio-Economic, Demographic and Lifestyle Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Adults of Northeast India | Zendy

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Socio-Economic, Demographic and Lifestyle Determinants of Overweight and Obesity among Adults of Northeast India

Author(s) -

MS Rengma,

Jaydip Sen,

Nitish Mondal

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

ethiopian journal of health sciences

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.479

H-Index - 20

eISSN - 2413-7170

pISSN - 1029-1857

DOI - 10.4314/ejhs.v25i3.2

Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , environmental health , geography , medicine , gerontology , demography , socioeconomics , sociology

Overweight and obesity are the accumulation of high body adiposity, which can have detrimental health effects and contribute to the development of numerous preventable non-communicable diseases. This study aims to evaluate the effect of socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle factors on the prevalence of overweight and obesity among adults belonging to the Rengma-Naga population of North-east India.

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