Weight cycling and mortality among middle-aged or older women

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 881-886

  Field, Alison E ^a,b,c,d   Malspeis, Susan ^c   Willett, Walter C ^b,c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d Division of Adolescent Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HORMONE SUBSTITUTION; HUMAN; IMMOBILIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENOPAUSAL SYNDROME; MORTALITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENTION; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66149157828     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.67     Document Type: Article

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