Are baby boomers booming too much?. An epidemiological description of overweight and obese baby boomers

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 203-214

  Hugo, Graeme ^a   Taylor, Anne W ^b   Dal Grande, Eleonora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^b Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Baby boomers; Chronic disease; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; AUSTRALIA; BABY BOOMER; CHILD; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; IMMOBILIZATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 50649089129     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.05.001     Document Type: Article

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