Socioeconomic determinants of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women: findings from the First National Survey of Indigenous People's Health and Nutrition in Brazil.

CONCLUSION: Results point to distinct patterns of associations between socioeconomic indicators and the occurrence of excess weight and obesity among Indigenous women, which have potentially significant implications from a public policy perspective for Indigenous peoples in Brazil. PMID: 32476634 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32476634?dopt=Abstract

Source: Public Health Nutrition - May 31, 2020 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Coimbra CE, Tavares FG, Ferreira AA, Welch JR, Horta BL, Cardoso AM, Santos RV Tags: Public Health Nutr Source Type: research