Urbanization and women’s body weight: Evidence from Nigeria
The prevalence of overweight and obesity are increasing in many African countries and hence becoming regional public health challenges. We employ satellite-based night light intensity data as a proxy for urbanization to investigate the relationship between urbanization and women’s body weight. We us...
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| Format: | Artículo preliminar |
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International Food Policy Research Institute
2018
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146048 |
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