Early anthropometric measures and reproductive factors as predictors of body mass index and obesity among older women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1084-1092

  Newby, P K ^a   Dickman, P W ^b   Adami, H O ^b   Wolk, A ^b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birthweight; BMI; Childhood; Physical activity; Reproductive

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MENARCHE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 23944525849     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802996     Document Type: Article

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