The timing of the rise in U.S. obesity varies with measure of fatness

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 307-318

  Burkhauser, Richard V ^a,b   Cawley, John ^a,b   Schmeiser, Maximilian D ^c  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; EPIDEMIC; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70350023635     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2009.07.006     Document Type: Article

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