Do socioeconomic factors shape weight and obesity trajectories over the transition from midlife to old age? Results from the French GAZEL cohort study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 92, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 16-23

  Dugravot, Aline ^a   Sabia, Séverine ^a   Stringhini, Silvia ^a   Kivimaki, Mika ^b   Westerlund, Hugo ^c   Vahtera, Jussi ^d,e   Guéguen, Alice ^a   Zins, Marie ^a   Goldberg, Marcel ^a   Nabi, Hermann ^a   Singh Manoux, Archana ^a,b,f  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Finland)

^f Versailles Saint Quentin en Yvelines University   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGER; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; FRANCE; HEALTH; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77954594536     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2010.29223     Document Type: Article

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