Racial/ethnic differences in body mass index, morbidity and attitudes toward obesity among U.S. adults

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1300-1308

  Seo, Dong Chul ^a,b   Torabi, Mohammad R ^a,b  

^a Indiana University ^*

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Comorbidity; Obesity; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; TELEPHONE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33746704977     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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