Trends in body mass index among Icelandic adolescents and young adults from 1992 to 2007

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 2191-2207

  Eidsdóttir, Sigrídur Th ^a   Kristjánsson, Álfgeir L ^b   Sigfúsdóttir, Inga D ^b   Garber, Carol E ^a   Allegrante, John P ^a,b,c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis   (Iceland)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Iceland; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; FORECASTING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954821466     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph7052191     Document Type: Article

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