Urban—rural differences in BMI, overweight and obesity in Norway (1990 and 2001)

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 555-558

  Svensson, Elisabeth ^a   Nygård, Jan F ^a   Reas, Deborah L ^b   Sandanger, Inger ^c  

^a AKERSHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Norway; obesity; obesity overweight; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 34748865447     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14034940701349217     Document Type: Article

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