Changes in body mass index and the prevalence of obesity during 1994-2008: Repeated cross-sectional surveys and longitudinal analyses. The Tromsø Study

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Jacobsen, Bjarne K ^a   Aars, Nils Abel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; COMPUTER; LEISURE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPUTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION; THINNESS;

EID: 84937200559     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-007859     Document Type: Article

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