Stable behaviors associated with adults' 10-year change in body mass index and likelihood of gain at the waist

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 747-754

  Kahn, Henry S ^a,b   Tatham, Lilith M ^a   Rodriguez, Carmen ^a   Calle, Eugenia E ^a   Thun, Michael J ^a   Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; MULTIVITAMIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEER; BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEAT; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING CESSATION; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT GAIN; WINE;

EID: 0030947512     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.5.747     Document Type: Article

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