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1. The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and their related socio-demographic and lifestyle factors among adult women in Myanmar, 2015-16.

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Seo Ah Hong, Karl Peltzer, Kyi Tun Lwin, and La Seng Aung

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Medicine, Science
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The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of underweight and overweight or obesity and their socio-demographic and lifestyle factors in a female adult population in Myanmar.In a national cross-sectional population-based survey in the 2015-16 Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey, 12,160 women aged 18-49 years and not currently pregnant completed questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Nutritional status was determined using Asian body mass index cut-offs: underweight (BMI

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2018
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2. The prevalence of underweight, overweight and obesity and their related socio-demographic and lifestyle factors among adult women in Myanmar, 2015-16

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Karl Peltzer, Seo Ah Hong, La Seng Aung, and Kyi Tun Lwin

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Cross-sectional study, Physiology, Economics, Economics of Training and Education, lcsh:Medicine, Social Sciences, Myanmar, Overweight, Body Mass Index, Geographical Locations, 0302 clinical medicine, Plant Products, Medicine and Health Sciences, Prevalence, 030212 general & internal medicine, lcsh:Science, education.field_of_study, Human Capital, Multidisciplinary, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Agriculture, Middle Aged, Contraception, Physiological Parameters, Female, medicine.symptom, Underweight, Research Article, Adult, Asia, Childhood Obesity, Adolescent, Population, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Childhood obesity, 03 medical and health sciences, Young Adult, Thinness, Tobacco, medicine, Humans, Female Contraception, Obesity, education, Socioeconomic status, Life Style, Nutrition, lcsh:R, Body Weight, nutritional and metabolic diseases, Biology and Life Sciences, medicine.disease, Health Surveys, Agronomy, Cross-Sectional Studies, Logistic Models, Socioeconomic Factors, People and Places, Women's Health, lcsh:Q, Body mass index, Demography, Crop Science
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Background The aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of underweight and overweight or obesity and their socio-demographic and lifestyle factors in a female adult population in Myanmar. Material and methods In a national cross-sectional population-based survey in the 2015–16 Myanmar Demographic and Health Survey, 12,160 women aged 18–49 years and not currently pregnant completed questionnaires and anthropometric measurements. Nutritional status was determined using Asian body mass index cut-offs: underweight (BMI

Published
2018

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