Projections of trends in overweight in the elderly population in germany until 2030 and international comparison

Obesity Facts

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 57-68

  Westphal, Christina ^a,b   Doblhammer, Gabriele ^a,b,c  

^a Rostock Center for the Study of Demographic Change   (Germany)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR DEMOGRAPHIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Elderly population; Obesity; Overweight; Projections; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; AGE DISTRIBUTION; EATING HABIT; LIFE EXPECTANCY; POPULATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT CHANGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; GERMANY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84893668677     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000358738     Document Type: Article

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