Trends in obesity among adults in England from 1993 to 2004 by age and social class and projections of prevalence to 2012

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 140-146

  Zaninotto, P ^a   Head, J ^a   Stamatakis, E ^a   Wardle, H ^b   Mindell, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; PREDICTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

ENGLAND; EURASIA; EUROPE; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 60149100157     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.2008.077305     Document Type: Article

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