Obesity indices and self-reported functional health in men and women in the EPIC-Norfolk

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 884-893

  Myint, Phyo K ^a,c,d   Welch, Ailsa A ^a   Luben, Robert N ^a   Wainwright, Nicholas W J ^a   Surtees, Paul G ^a   Bingham, Sheila A ^b   Wareham, Nicholas J ^b   Smith, Richard D ^c   Harvey, Ian M ^c   Khaw, Kay Tee ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^d ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Self reported mental functional health; Self reported physical functional health; United Kingdom SF 36; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 33846891583     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.102     Document Type: Article

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