Open AccessDeterminants of overweight and obesity in affluent adolescent in Surat city, South Gujarat region, India
Author(s) -
Jagdish Prasad Goyal,
Narendra Kumar,
Indira Parmar,
Vijay Shah,
B. H. Patel
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
indian journal of community medicine/indian journal of community medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.375
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1998-3581
pISSN - 0970-0218
DOI - 10.4103/0970-0218.91418
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , medicine , percentile , demography , population , logistic regression , cross sectional study , environmental health , body mass index , gerontology , mathematics , statistics , pathology , sociology
Obesity is a major global burden. Low levels of physical activity, TV watching, and dietary pattern are modifiable risk factors for overweight and obesity in adolescent.