Body size and lifestyle in an urban population entering adulthood: The 'Grow up Gothenburg' Study

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 964-972

  Sjöberg, Agneta ^a,b   Barrenäs, Marie Louise ^c   Brann, Ebba ^a   Chaplin, John Eric ^c   Dahlgren, Jovanna ^c   Mårild, Staffan ^c   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Albertsson Wikland, Kerstin ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SAHLGRENSKA ACADEMY AT UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cross sectional studies; Gender; Hearing; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLEEP; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY IMAGE; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; SELF CONCEPT; SLEEP; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864717782     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2012.02722.x     Document Type: Article

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