Socioeconomic inequality of overweight and obesity of the elderly in Iran: Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) Program

• Main Authors: Alireza Raeisi (Author), Mohammadbagher Mehboudi (Author), Hossein Darabi (Author), Iraj Nabipour (Author), Bagher Larijani (Author), Neda Mehrdad (Author), Ramin Heshmat (Author), Gita Shafiee (Author), Farshad Sharifi (Author), Afshin Ostovar (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The objective of this population-based, large sample size study was to investigate the socioeconomic inequality of overweight and obesity among the elderly in Iran. Methods Baseline data of 3000 persons aged ≥60 years who participated in the Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program w...