Marital status changes and body weight changes: A US longitudinal analysis

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1543-1555

  Sobal, Jeffery ^a   Rauschenbach, Barbara ^a   Frongillo, Edward A ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Marital status; Obesity; USA; Weight change

Indexed keywords

WEIGHT;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PSYCHOMETRICS; ROLE; SOCIOMETRIC TECHNIQUES; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 0037400213     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-9536(02)00155-7     Document Type: Article

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