Active commuting and obesity in mid-life: Cross-sectional, observational evidence from UK Biobank

The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 420-435

  Flint, Ellen ^a   Cummins, Steven ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE COMMUTING; ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAR DRIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CYCLING; DISABILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL STATUS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN AREA; WALKING; EATING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROCEDURES; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADIPOSITY; BICYCLING; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TRANSPORTATION; UNITED KINGDOM; WALKING;

EID: 84961221239     PISSN: 22138587     EISSN: 22138595     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2213-8587(16)00053-X     Document Type: Article

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