Spousal resemblance and risk of 7-year increases in obesity and central adiposity in the Canadian population

Obesity Research

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 545-551

  Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a,b   Pemsse, Louis ^a   Rao, D C ^c   Bouchard, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Campbell's survey; Family study; Fat distribution; Fatness; Shared environment

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPOUSE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0033227231     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1550-8528.1999.tb00712.x     Document Type: Article

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