Trends in group inequalities and interindividual inequalities in BMI in the United States, 1993-2012

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 598-605

  Krishna, Aditi ^a   Razak, Fahad ^b,c,d   Lebel, Alexandre ^e,f   Smith, George Davey ^g   Subramanian, S V ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^f LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System; Body mass index; BRFSS; Distributional change; Health inequalities; Obesity; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLACK PERSON; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; RACE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH DISPARITY; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HEALTH TRANSITION; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84928435613     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.114.100073     Document Type: Article

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