Population-level trends in the distribution of body mass index in England, 1992-2013

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 832-835

  Green, M A ^a   Subramanian, S V ^b,e   Razak, F ^c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; POPULATION MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM; BODY WEIGHT; ENGLAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; ENGLAND; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84959450495     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: 14702738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech-2015-206468     Document Type: Article

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