Gender-specific disparities in obesity

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 57-68

  Borders, Tyrone F ^a   Rohrer, James E ^b   Cardarelli, Kathryn M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

BRFSS; Disparities; Ethnicity; Gender; Obesity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EDUCATION; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TEXAS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 29944437219     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-005-8189-8     Document Type: Article

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