Obesity-related behaviours and BMI in five urban regions across Europe: Sampling design and results from the SPOTLIGHT cross-sectional survey

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Lakerveld, Jeroen ^a   Ben Rebah, Maher ^b   Mackenbach, Joreintje D ^a   Charreire, Hélène ^b,c   Compernolle, Sofie ^d   Glonti, Ketevan ^e   Bardos, Helga ^f   Rutter, Harry ^e   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^d   Brug, Johannes ^a   Oppert, Jean Michel ^b,g  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b COMUE Sorbonne Paris Cité ^*  (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS EST CRÉTEIL   (France)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF DEBRECEN   (Hungary)

^g PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BELGIUM; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY HABIT; DIETARY INTAKE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FRANCE; FRUIT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGARY; INCOME; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEIGHBORHOOD; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; OBESITY RELATED BEHAVIOR; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ONLINE SYSTEM; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION DENSITY; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL AREA DENSITY; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; VEGETABLE; AGED; CITY; DEMOGRAPHY; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CITIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84949186122     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008505     Document Type: Article

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