Beer and obesity: A cross-sectional study

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1250-1253

  Bobak, Martin ^a   Skodova, Z ^b   Marmot, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Alcohol; Beer; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Obesity; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; AGE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BEER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HIP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WINE;

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES; BEER; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SMOKING; WINE;

EID: 0141960048     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601678     Document Type: Article

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