Association between lifetime stress and obesity in Canadians

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 464-467

  Chen, Yue ^a   Qian, Lingjia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b Basic Medical Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; National survey; Obesity; Stress; Woman

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHRONIC STRESS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE STRESS; LIFETIME STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84868302623     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2012.08.013     Document Type: Article

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