Frameworks of population obesity and the use of cultural consensus modeling in the study of environments contributing to obesity

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 443-457

  Ulijaszek, Stanley J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Consensus; Culture; Eastern Europe; Economic transition; Genetics; Obesity; Obesogenic environment

Indexed keywords

PEROXISOME PROLIFERATOR ACTIVATED RECEPTOR GAMMA; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 1; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 2; UNCOUPLING PROTEIN 3;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; EASTERN EUROPE; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEREDITY; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IDEOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; NONHUMAN; OBESITY; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION MODEL; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT;

ADULT; CULTURE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 36348972259     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2007.08.006     Document Type: Article

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