The mediating role of dietary factors and leisure time physical activity on socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index among Australian adults

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Gearon, Emma ^a   Backholer, Kathryn ^a   Hodge, Allison ^b   Peeters, Anna ^a  

^a BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diet; Epidemiologic methods; Food and beverages; Leisure activity; Obesity; Physical activity; Socioeconomic factors; Socioeconomic inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84890472147     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1214     Document Type: Review

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