Gender obesity inequities are huge but differ greatly according to environment and socio-economics in a North African setting: a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia.
INTRODUCTION: Southern Mediterranean countries have experienced a marked increase in the prevalence of obesity whose consequences for gender related health inequities have been little studied. We assessed gender obesity inequalities and their environmental and socio-economic modifiers among Tunisian...
Main Authors: | Jalila El Ati, Pierre Traissac, Francis Delpeuch, Hajer Aounallah-Skhiri, Chiraz Béji, Sabrina Eymard-Duvernay, Souha Bougatef, Patrick Kolsteren, Bernard Maire, Habiba Ben Romdhane |
---|---|
Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
Published: |
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2012-01-01
|
Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3485235?pdf=render |
Similar Items
-
Blood pressure and associated factors in a North African adolescent population. a national cross-sectional study in Tunisia
by: Aounallah-Skhiri Hajer, et al.
Published: (2012-02-01) -
Nutrition transition among adolescents of a south-Mediterranean country: dietary patterns, association with socio-economic factors, overweight and blood pressure. A cross-sectional study in Tunisia
by: Delpeuch Francis, et al.
Published: (2011-04-01) -
Obesity and association with area of residence, gender and socio-economic factors in Algerian and Tunisian adults.
by: Madjid Atek, et al.
Published: (2013-01-01) -
Influence of socio-economic and lifestyle factors on overweight and nutrition-related diseases among Tunisian migrants versus non-migrant Tunisians and French
by: Delpeuch Francis, et al.
Published: (2007-09-01) -
Menopause and Metabolic Syndrome in Tunisian Women
by: Samir Ben Ali, et al.
Published: (2014-01-01)