Weight loss maintenance in young adulthood: Prevalence and correlations with health behavior and disease in a population-based sample of women aged 55-69 years

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 303-310

  French, S A ^a   Jeffery, R W ^a   Folsom, A R ^a   McGovern, P ^a   Williamson, D F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Weight cycling; Weight loss; Weight variability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; POSTMENOPAUSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ODDS RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0029874877     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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