Obesity and overweight trends in Catalonia, Spain (1992-2003): Gender and socio-economic determinants

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 11 A, 2007, Pages 1368-1378

  García Álvarez, Alicia ^a   Serra Majem, Lluís ^a,b,c   Ribas Barba, Lourdes ^a   Castell, Conxa ^c   Foz, Marius ^d   Uauy, Ricardo ^e   Plasencia, Antoni ^c   Salleras, Lluís ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Division of Public Health   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adults; Cross sectional survey; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Socio economic determinants; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 36049048259     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007000973     Document Type: Article

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