The bigger the healthier: Are the limits of BMI risk changing over time?

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 339-366

  Henderson, R Max ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Health; Mortality; NHANES I; Obesity; Union Army

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOLDIER; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; RISK; VETERANS;

EID: 27744502625     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.08.001     Document Type: Article

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