Current obesity, steady weight change and weight fluctuation as predictors of physical functioning in middle aged office workers: The Whitehall II study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-31

  Stafford, M ^a   Hemingway, H ^b,c   Marmot, M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c Kensington Chelsea Westminster H ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; Physical functioning; SF 36; Weight change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENOPAUSE; OBESITY; OFFICE WORKER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0031983844     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800539     Document Type: Article

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