Obesity, overweight, and their life course trajectories in veterans and non-veterans

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 434-439

  Koepsell, Thomas D ^a,b   Littman, Alyson J ^a,b   Forsberg, Christopher W ^a  

^a VA PUGET SOUND HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MALE; OBESITY; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; UNITED STATES; VETERAN; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST STATURE RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; VETERANS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84856302691     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.2     Document Type: Review

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