Educational differences in obesity in the United States: A closer look at the trends

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 904-908

  Yu, Yan ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COLLEGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84859210062     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.307     Document Type: Article

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