Weight gain in two adult cohorts in east and West Germany after reunification

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 202-208

  Wimmer, K ^a   Laubereau, B ^a   Wolke G ^a   Doring A ^a   Heinrich, J ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adult; Body mass index; Cohort study; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC; GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GERMANY, EAST; GERMANY, WEST; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTERVIEWS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0942286942     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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