The landscape of overweight and obesity in Icelandic adolescents: Geographic variation in body-mass index between 2000 and 2009

Journal of Community Health

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 234-241

  Porisdottir I E ^a   Kristjansson, A L ^a,b   Sigfusdottir, I D ^a,b   Allegrante, J P ^b,c  

^a Icelandic Centre for Social Research and Analysis   (Iceland)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Geographic variation; Obesity; Overweight; Rural; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; ICELAND; MALE; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84857048047     PISSN: 00945145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10900-011-9441-z     Document Type: Article

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