Trends in the association of obesity and self-reported overall health in 30 years of the integrated health interview series

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1103-1105

  MacMillan, Ross ^a   Duke, Naomi ^a   Oakes, J Michael ^a   Liao, Wenjie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955477681     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.286     Document Type: Article

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