Trends in Overweight and Obesity Among 18-Year-Old Applicants to the United States Military, 1993-2006

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 610-612

  Hsu, Lucy L ^a   Nevin, Remington L ^a   Tobler, Steven K ^a   Rubertone, Mark V ^a  

^a U S ARMY CENTER FOR HEALTH PROMOTION AND PREVENTIVE MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Military Personnel; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36049033029     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2007.07.012     Document Type: Article

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