The Local Food Environment and Body Mass Index among the Urban Poor in Accra, Ghana.

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Published in J Urban Health on June 01, 2016

Authors

Fidelia A A Dake1, Amanda L Thompson2, Shu Wen Ng3, Samuel Agyei-Mensah4, Samuel N A Codjoe5

Author Affiliations

1: Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 96, Legon, Accra, Ghana. phydeliadake@gmail.com.
2: Department of Anthropology and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB # 8120, 137 East Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA.
3: Department of Nutrition and Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), CB # 8120, 137 East Franklin St., Chapel Hill, NC, 27516, USA.
4: Department of Geography and Resource Development, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 59, Legon, Accra, Ghana.
5: Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, P.O. Box LG 96, Legon, Accra, Ghana.

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