Increasing trends of obesity in Sweden between 1996/97 and 2000/01

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-261

  Sundquist, K ^a   Qvist, J ^b   Johansson, S E ^a   Sundquist, J ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STATISTICS SWEDEN   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BMI; Country of birth; Education; Obesity; Trend

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; SMOKING; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 1242351716     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802553     Document Type: Article

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