Trends and Correlates of Overweight among Pre-School Age Children, Adolescent Girls, and Adult Women in South Asia: An Analysis of Data from Twelve National Surveys in Six Countries over Twenty Years

• Published in: Nutrients Vol. 11; no. 8; p. 1899
• Main Authors: Harding, Kassandra L, Aguayo, Victor M, Webb, Patrick
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 14.08.2019; MDPI
• Subjects: Adolescent; adolescent girls; Adolescent Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Adult; Age Factors; Asia - epidemiology; Asian Continental Ancestry Group; Body-Weight Trajectory; Child Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Child, Preschool; children; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Humans; Male; malnutrition; Middle Aged; Nutrition; Obesity; overweight; Pediatric Obesity - diagnosis; Pediatric Obesity - epidemiology; Pediatric Obesity - physiopathology; Premature birth; Prevalence; Risk Assessment; Risk Factors; Sex Factors; Social Determinants of Health; Socioeconomic Factors; South Asia; Teenagers; Time Factors; Weight Gain; women; Young Adult; Asia; Bangladesh; United States > US; Switzerland; India; South Asia; malnutrition; children; adolescent girls; overweight; South Asia; women

Overweight has become a global pandemic and is associated with a rise in diet-related non-communicable diseases and associated co-morbidities. Most of the world's undernourished people live in South Asia, yet the number of overweight and obese individuals in this region is growing. This study e...