Higher education and more physical activity limit the development of obesity in a Swedish rural population. The Skaraborg Project

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 533-540

  Nyholm, M ^a,b   Gullberg, B ^a   Haglund, B ^c   Rastam L ^a   Lindblad, U ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Skaraborgs Institutet   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Lifestyle; Secular trend; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EID: 40949158040     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803725     Document Type: Article

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