Obesity, overweight, and weight control practices in U.S. veterans

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 267-271

  Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b   Forsberg, Christopher W ^a   Littman, Alyson J ^a,b  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Veterans health; Weight control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649093530     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2009.01.008     Document Type: Article

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