Do childhood social circumstances affect overweight and obesity in early adulthood?

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-219

  Kestilä, Laura ^a   Martelin, Tuija ^a   Koskinen, Seppo ^a   Lahti Koski, Marjaana ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood adversities; education; life course; obesity; overweight; socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61749094907     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494808100827     Document Type: Article

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