Probability of an obese person attaining normal body weight: Cohort study using electronic health records

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 105, Issue 9, 2015, Pages e54-e59

  Fildes, Alison ^a   Charlton, Judith ^a   Rudisill, Caroline ^b   Littlejohns, Peter ^a   Prevost, A Toby ^a   Gulliford, Martin C ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IDEAL BODY WEIGHT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PROBABILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84939186894     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: 15410048     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302773     Document Type: Article

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