Revisiting the freshman "15": Assessing body mass index in the first college year and beyond

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 220-224

  Nicoteri, Jo Ann L ^a   Miskovsky, Mary Jane ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON   (United States)

^b WILKES UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

College; Nutrition; Obesity; Weight gain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; UNIVERSITY;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; STUDENTS; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 84898400775     PISSN: 23276886     EISSN: 23276924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2327-6924.12108     Document Type: Article

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