Income disparities in body mass index and obesity in the United States, 1971-2002

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 2122-2128

  Chang, Virginia W ^a,b,c   Lauderdale, Diane S ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Population Studies Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26444433310     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.165.18.2122     Document Type: Article

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