An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1240-1249

  Ball, K ^a,b   Crawford, D ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Public health; Weight gain; Young women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CIGARETTE SMOKING; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOMETRICS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 33746529799     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803267     Document Type: Article

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