Heaviness, health and happiness: A cross-sectional study of 163 066 UK biobank participants

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 340-348

  Ul Haq, Zia ^a,e   Mackay, Daniel F ^a   Martin, Daniel ^a   Smith, Daniel J ^a   Gill, Jason M R ^a   Nicholl, Barbara I ^a   Cullen, Breda ^a   Evans, Jonathan ^a   Roberts, Beverly ^b   Deary, Ian J ^b   Gallacher, John ^c   Hotopf, Matthew ^d   Craddock, Nick ^c   Pell, Jill P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e KHYBER MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

HEALTH STATUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPPINESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF REPORT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 84897638928     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2013-203077     Document Type: Article

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