Prevalence of overweight and obesity among nurses in Scotland: A cross-sectional study using the Scottish Health Survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 53, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-133

  Kyle, Richard G ^a   Neall, Rosie A ^a   Atherton, Iain M ^a  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health promotion; Health Surveys; Nurses; Obesity; Scotland; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ADULT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84955297439     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.10.015     Document Type: Article

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