Bigger bodies: Long-term trends and disparities in obesity and body-mass index among U.S. adults, 1960-2008

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 109-119

  Ljungvall, Åsa ^a   Zimmerman, Frederick J ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Linear probability model; Obesity; Quantile regression; Severe obesity; Socioeconomic disparity; Time trends; USA

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; NUMERICAL MODEL; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIC; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; RACE DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860652482     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2012.03.003     Document Type: Article

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