A tale of two countries-the United States and Japan: Are differences in health due to differences in overweight?

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 280-290

  Reynolds, Sandra L ^a   Hagedorn, Aaron ^b   Yeom, Jihye ^b   Saito, Yasuhiko ^c   Yokoyama, Eise ^c   Crimmins, Eileen M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c NIHON UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chronic conditions; Cross national studies; Disease; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ARTHRITIS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 60549110511     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE2008012     Document Type: Article

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