Lifestyles, demographics, dietary behavior, and obesity: A switching regression analysis

Health Services Research

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1345-1369

  Yen, Steven T ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^b   Eastwood, David B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Lifestyle; Obesity; Ordinal probit; Overweight; Switching regression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED STATES; URBANIZATION;

DEMOGRAPHY; EXERCISE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68249149174     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2009.00969.x     Document Type: Article

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