Obesity in young adulthood is related to social mobility among swedish men

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 654-658

  Karnehed, Nina E K ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a,b   Hemmingsson, Tomas ^a   Tynelius, Per ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL DOMINANCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL MOBILITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 40149091386     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.103     Document Type: Article

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