Weight gain in adolescents and their peers

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 181-190

  Halliday, Timothy J ^a   Kwak, Sally ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Obesity; Peer effects

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PEER GROUP; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEER GROUP; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 67651227159     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.05.002     Document Type: Article

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