Population Trends and Variation in Body Mass Index from 1971 to 2008 in the Framingham Heart Study Offspring Cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Block, Jason P ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b   Christakis, Nicholas A ^a   O'Malley, A James ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC RATE; OBESITY; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TREND STUDY; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877609530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0063217     Document Type: Article

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