The relation between self-reported body weight and health-related quality of life: A cross-sectional study in Japan

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 518-526

  Takahashi, Yoshimitsu ^a   Sakai, Michi ^b   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^c   Takahashi, Osamu ^d,e   Ohde, Sachiko ^d   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^f   Fukui, Tsuguya ^d,e   Shimbo, Takuro ^b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR GLOBAL HEALTH AND MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^d St Luke's Life Science Institute   (Japan)

^e ST LUKE'S INTERNATIONAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

body mass index; body weight; Japan; overweight obesity; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81855206142     PISSN: 17413842     EISSN: 17413850     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/pubmed/fdr042     Document Type: Article

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