Continued increase in prevalence of obesity in Danish young men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 712-714

  Sorensen H T ^a,b   Sabroe, S ^b   Gillman, M ^c   Rothman, K J ^d   Madsen, K M ^a   Fischer, P ^e   Sorensen T I A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AARHUS   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e Copenhagen University Hospital ^*  (Denmark)

^f Mental Health Services CPH   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Prevalence; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DENMARK; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030824970     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800461     Document Type: Article

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