A demographic analysis of the rise in the prevalence of the US population overweight and/or obese

Population Research and Policy Review

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 403-426

  Cook, Andrew ^a   Daponte, Beth ^b  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cohort effects; Obesity; Overweight; Period effects; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHIC TREND; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH CARE; LIFE CYCLE; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46749120649     PISSN: 01675923     EISSN: 15737829     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11113-008-9073-x     Document Type: Article

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