Historic variations in winter indoor domestic temperatures and potential implications for body weight gain

Indoor and Built Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 360-375

  Mavrogianni, A ^a   Johnson, F ^b   Ucci, M ^a   Marmot, A ^a   Wardle, J ^b   Oreszczyn, T ^a   Summerfield, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central heating; Housing; Indoor temperature; Obesity; Thermal comfort; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

AIR TEMPERATURE; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CLIMATE CHANGE; COLD EXPOSURE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; HEAT LOSS; HEATING; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

EID: 84879208245     PISSN: 1420326X     EISSN: 14230070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1420326X11425966     Document Type: Article

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