Health behaviours as mediating pathways between socioeconomic position and body mass index

International Journal of Behavioral Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 14-22

  Borodulin, Katja ^a   Zimmer, Catherine ^b   Sippola, Risto ^a   Mäkinen, Tomi E ^a   Laatikainen, Tiina ^a   Prättälä, Ritva ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Education; Health behavior; Income; Obesity. Overweight; Socioeconomic position

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863775832     PISSN: 10705503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12529-010-9138-1     Document Type: Article

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