Slowing down of adult body mass index trend increases in England: A latent class analysis of cross-sectional surveys (1992-2010)

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 818-824

  Sperrin, M ^a   Marshall, A D ^b   Higgins, V ^b   Buchan, I E ^a   Renehan, A G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body mass index; Health Survey of England; latent class analysis; trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; BODY COMPOSITION; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84902247706     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2013.161     Document Type: Article

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