Contrasting factors associated with abdominal and peripheral weight gain among adult women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 903-911

  Kahn, H S ^a,b   Tatham, L M ^a   Heath Jr , C W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdomen; Body weight; Diet; Exercise; Smoking; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DIET; ESTROGEN THERAPY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MEAT; MENOPAUSE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SMOKING CESSATION; VEGETABLE; WALKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0030832107     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800490     Document Type: Article

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