Obesity in South Australian adults - Prevalence, projections and generational assessment over 13 years

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 343-348

  Dal Grande, Eleonora ^a   Gill, Tiffany ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^a   Chittleborough, Catherine ^a   Carter, Patricia ^b  

^a Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

^b SA Health   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 27944440132     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842x.2005.tb00205.x     Document Type: Article

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