Changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity: Some evidence from the Swiss Health Surveys 1992/93 and 2002

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-413

  Heeb, Jean Luc ^a,b  

^a Swiss Health Observatory   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WESTERN SWITZERLAND   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

obesity; overweight; risk factors; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWITZERLAND; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960748488     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckp138     Document Type: Review

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