Obesity and health in Europeans aged 50 years and older

Public Health

Volumn 121, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 497-509

  Andreyeva, T ^a   Michaud, P C ^b   van Soest, A ^c  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; International comparisons; SHARE

Indexed keywords

AGING POPULATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 34250197548     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2006.11.016     Document Type: Article

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