The relative importance of socioeconomic indicators in explaining differences in BMI and waist: Hip ratio, and the mediating effect of work control, dietary patterns and physical activity

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 104, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1230-1240

  Kjoøllesdal, Marte Råberg ^a   Holmboe Ottesen, Gerd ^a   Mosdoøl, Annhild ^b   Wandel, Margareta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

BMI; Food pattern; Hip ratio; Socioeconomic position; Waist

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORWAY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST HIP RATIO; WORK ENVIRONMENT; DIET; EXERCISE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OCCUPATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 78049509163     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114510001868     Document Type: Article

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