Trends in the prevalence of obesity in the French adult population between 1980 and 1991

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 389-394

  Maillard, G ^a   Charles, M A ^a,d   Thibult, N ^a   Forhan, A ^a   Sermet, C ^b   Basdevant, A ^c   Eschwege E ^a  

^a Inst Natl de la Sante et de la R   (France)

^b Ctr Rech Docum/Econ de la Sante   (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Adults; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Socio economic class; Standardization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032907589     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800831     Document Type: Article

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