Assortative mating for obesity

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 316-323

  Speakman, John R ^a,b   Djafarian, Kurosh ^a   Stewart, Joanne ^a   Jackson, Diane M ^a  

^a ROWETT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Body composition; Body mass index; Dual energy X ray absorptiometry; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; DEMOGRAPHY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MATING; OBESITY;

EID: 34547880798     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/86.2.316     Document Type: Article

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