Projected socioeconomic disparities in the prevalence of obesity among Australian adults

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 557-563

  Backholer, Kathryn ^a,b   Mannan, Haider R ^a   Magliano, Dianna J ^a   Walls, Helen L ^a   Stevenson, Chris ^a   Beauchamp, Alison ^a   Shaw, Jonathan E ^b   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Education; Obesity; Projection; Socioeconomic status; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871744623     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1753-6405.2012.00885.x     Document Type: Article

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