Changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity and their risk factors in Spain, 1987-1997

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-81

  Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^a   López García, Esther ^a   Gutiérrez Fisac, Juan Luis ^a   Banegas Banegas, José Ramón ^a   Lafuente Urdinguio, Pedro José ^b   Domínguez Rojas, Vicente ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Socioeconomic level; Spain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; SPAIN; TOBACCO;

EID: 0036354795     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/pmed.2001.0962     Document Type: Article

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