Social and early-life determinants of overweight and obesity in 18-year-old Swedish men

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-81

  Koupil, I ^a   Toivanen, P ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Intergenerational association; Smoking; Social determinants

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; SWEDEN; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, SMALL FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHERS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 38149101548     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803681     Document Type: Article

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