Association between body mass index and ready-to-eat food consumption among sedentary staff in Nay Pyi Taw union territory, Myanmar

• Main Authors: Thin Zar Thike (Author), Yu Mon Saw (Author), Htin Lin (Author), Khin Chit (Author), Aung Ba Tun (Author), Hein Htet (Author), Su Myat Cho (Author), Aye Thazin Khine (Author), Thu Nandar Saw (Author), Tetsuyoshi Kariya (Author), Eiko Yamamoto (Author), Nobuyuki Hamajima (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2020-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Ready-to-eat (RTE) food consumption has become popular in the working community with the increase in full-time jobs and the limited time to prepare food. Although RTE food is essential for this community, its consumption causes obesity. In Myanmar, obesity is a modifiable risk fa...