Secular trends in desired weight of adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1375-1381

  Maynard, L M ^a   Serdula, M K ^a   Galuska, D A ^a   Gillespie, C ^a   Mokdad, A H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Body mass index (BMI); Trends; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33748122166     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803297     Document Type: Article

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