Effects of Having a Baby on Weight Gain

American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 163-170

  Brown, Wendy J ^a   Hockey, Richard ^a   Dobson, Annette J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREGNANCY; SITTING; SMOKING; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOTHERS; PARTURITION; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 73649093407     PISSN: 07493797     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2009.09.044     Document Type: Article

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