Dynamic relations between fast-food restaurant and body weight status: A longitudinal and multilevel analysis of Chinese adults

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 271-279

  Xu, Hongwei ^a   Short, Susan E ^b   Liu, Tao ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; ECONOMIC GROWTH; FOOD INDUSTRY; LONGITUDINAL GRADIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL POPULATION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHINA; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNOLOGY; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BAYES THEOREM; BODY MASS INDEX; CHINA; FAST FOODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RESTAURANTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; WESTERN WORLD;

CHINA;

EID: 84875059479     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2012-201157     Document Type: Article

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