Trends in self-reported BMI and prevalence of obesity 2002-10 in Stockholm County, Sweden

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 312-315

  Neovius, Kristian ^a   Johansson, Kari ^a   Kark, Malin ^a   Tynelius, Per ^a   Rasmussen, Finn ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875968522     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/cks128     Document Type: Article

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