Food environments and obesity: A geospatial analysis of the South Asia Biobank, income and sex inequalities

• Main Authors: Petya Atanasova (Author), Dian Kusuma (Author), Elisa Pineda (Author), Ranjit Mohan Anjana (Author), Laksara De Silva (Author), Abu A.M. Hanif (Author), Mehedi Hasan (Author), Md Mokbul Hossain (Author), Susantha Indrawansa (Author), Deepal Jayamanne (Author), Sujeet Jha (Author), Anuradhani Kasturiratne (Author), Prasad Katulanda (Author), Khadija I. Khawaja (Author), Balachandran Kumarendran (Author), Malay K. Mridha (Author), Vindya Rajakaruna (Author), John C. Chambers (Author), Gary Frost (Author), Franco Sassi (Author), Marisa Miraldo (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2022-03-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Introduction: In low-middle income countries (LMICs) the role of food environments on obesity has been understudied. We address this gap by 1) examining the effect of food environments on adults' body size (BMI, waist circumference) and obesity; 2) measuring the heterogeneity of such effects by...