Changes in weight and waist circumference over 9 years in a Scottish population

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 62, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1208-1214

  Ebrahimi Mameghani, M ^a,b   Scott, J A ^b,c   Der, G ^b   Lean, M E J ^b   Burns, C M ^d  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREVALENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 53649111754     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602839     Document Type: Article

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