Trends in the association between obesity and socioeconomic status in U.S. adults: 1971 to 2000

Obesity Research

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1622-1632

  Zhang, Qi ^a   Wang, Youfa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Education; NHANES; Socioeconomic status; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 16644399566     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2004.202     Document Type: Article

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