Trends in the evolution of BMI in Belgian army men

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 917-921

  Mullie, Patrick ^a,b   Vansant, Greet ^b   Guelinckx, Isabelle ^b   Hulens, Mieke ^b   Clarys, Peter ^c   Degrave, Etienne ^a  

^a QUEEN ASTRID MILITARY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Army; Body mass index; Epidemiology; Obesity; Socio economic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARMY; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOLDIER; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILITARY PERSONNEL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67651015612     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003534     Document Type: Article

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