Severe obesity: Investigating the socio-demographics within the extremes of body mass index

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 51-59

  Howard, Natasha J ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^a   Gill, Tiffany K ^a   Chittleborough, Catherine R ^a  

^a Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Class II and III; Epidemiology; Obesity; Population; Severe

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEPHONE; TIME;

EID: 40749089905     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.01.001     Document Type: Article

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