Does the prescriptive lifestyle of Seventh-day Adventists provide 'immunity' from the secular effects of changes in BMI?

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-480

  Kent, Lillian M ^a   Worsley, Anthony ^b  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Women's Health Victoria   (Australia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Diet; Lifestyle; Physical activity; Seventh day Adventist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COFFEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FRUIT; GRAIN; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LEGUME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; NUT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIGION; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; VEGETABLE; DIET; EXERCISE; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROTESTANTISM; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65449136687     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008002334     Document Type: Article

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