Environmental and policy factors associated with overweight among adults in Missouri

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 249-258

  Catlin, Tegan K ^a   Simoes, Eduardo J ^b   Brownson, Ross C ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND SENIOR SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

Ecological Theory; Environment; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention Research; Risk Factors; Workplace

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037333851     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/0890-1171-17.4.249     Document Type: Article

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