Overweight and obesity in 16 European countries

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 679-689

  Gallus, Silvano ^a   Lugo, Alessandra ^b   Murisic, Bojana ^a   Bosetti, Cristina ^a   Boffetta, Paolo ^c   La Vecchia, Carlo ^b  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Europe; Obesity prevalence; Overweight; Pan European survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALBANIA; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BULGARIA; CROATIA; CZECH REPUBLIC; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; IRELAND; ITALY; LATVIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POLAND; PREVALENCE; ROMANIA; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; AGED; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; OVERWEIGHT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937519218     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-014-0746-4     Document Type: Article

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