Low numeracy skills are associated with higher BMI

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1966-1968

  Huizinga, Mary Margaret ^a   Beech, Bettina M ^a   Cavanaugh, Kerri L ^a,b   Elasy, Tom A ^a,b   Rothman, Russell L ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; APTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE TEST; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE;

ADULT; APTITUDE; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPREHENSION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE TESTS; MALE; MATHEMATICS; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF CARE;

EID: 48749101926     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.294     Document Type: Article

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