The relation between body size perception and change in body mass index over 13 years

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 169, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 857-866

  Lynch, Elizabeth ^a,b   Liu, Kiang ^c   Wei, Gina S ^d   Spring, Bonnie ^c   Kiefe, Catarina ^e   Greenland, Philip ^c  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL HEART LUNG AND BLOOD INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Body image; Body mass index; Health status disparities; Obesity; Psychology; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGY; WEIGHT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; BODY IMAGE; CAUCASIAN; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS INDEX; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 63149177485     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwn412     Document Type: Article

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