Session 53:
Youth and Non-Communicable Disease (NCD) Risk Behavior
Discussant: Wendy Baldwin, Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Chair: Toshiko Kaneda, Population Reference Bureau (PRB)
Urbanicity, Poverty, and the Double Burden of Malnutrition in Low and Middle Income Countries Nan M. Astone, Urban Institute
Young People’s Smoking Behavior, Determinants, and Health Consequences: Evidence from Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) Amos O. Oyedokun, Obafemi Awolowo University
The Association of Physical Activity, Body Mass Index and the Blood Pressure Levels among Urban Poor Youth in Accra, Ghana Ernest K. Afrifa-Anane, Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) ; Samuel N. A. Codjoe, University of Ghana ; Charles Agyemang, University of Amsterdam ; Gbenga Ogedegbe, New York University (NYU) ; Ama de-Graft Aikins, University of Ghana
Physical Activity Patterns of Adolescents in Rural India: An Examination of Gender Differences Sharanya Thummalapally, Emory University ; Shailaja Patil ; Delia Lang, Emory University ; Solveig Argeseanu Cunningham, Emory University
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