Why has the BMI gone up so drastically in the last 35 years?

Journal of Addiction Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 272-278

  Lindberg, Marc A ^a   Dementieva, Yulia ^b   Cavender, Jennifer ^a  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Addictive stimuli in food; Diet; Food addictions; Obesity; Palatability; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; PALATABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; DIETARY FATS; DIETARY SUCROSE; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD ADDITIVES; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TASTE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84856868983     PISSN: 19320620     EISSN: 19353227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ADM.0b013e3182118d41     Document Type: Article

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