Parity and body mass index in US women: A prospective 25-year study

Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1514-1518

  Abrams, Barbara ^a   Heggeseth, Brianna ^a   Rehkopf, David ^b   Davis, Esa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MULTIPARA; NULLIPARA; OBESITY; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PRIMIPARA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; PARITY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84883156224     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/oby.20503     Document Type: Article

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