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Epidemiology
Overweight a Serious Problem in Developing Countries
May 6th, 2000
According to a recent study, obesity among women is a serious issue in Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Central Eastern Europe/Commonwealth of Independent States (CCE/CIS) region. R. Martorell and colleagues from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, launched a study with three objectives: To estimate obesity, defined as weighing {{>=}} 30 kg/m2, in women aged 15-49 from developing countries; To see how obesity fluctuates depending on level of education and living in rural versus urban areas; and To study the relationship between obesity and education or area of residence and how...
Source: Women's Health Weekly (2000-05-06)
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