Socio-economic and reproductive concomitants of abdominal adiposity and hypertension: A study on Bengali-speaking Hindu women of Habra, North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India

Obesity and hypertension have become a global epidemic among the women, especially as they experience additional stressful events compared to men. The epidemiology of these two metabolic disorders is regulated by various biological, socio-economic, reproductive and lifestyle factors related to women...

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Main Authors: Debnath Samarpita, Mallick Akash, Ghosh Anushka, Basu Ipsita, Bandopadhyay Arup Ratan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2020-06-01
Series:Anthropological Review
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.2478/anre-2020-0015