Obesity among Scottish 15 year olds 1987-2006: Prevalence and associations with socio-economic status, well-being and worries about weight

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Sweeting, Helen ^a   West, Patrick ^a   Young, Robert ^a  

^a MRC SOCIAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT PSYCHOLOGY; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SELF CONCEPT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 58149375831     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-404     Document Type: Article

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