Educational mobility and weight gain over 13 years in a longitudinal study of young women

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Holowko, Natalie ^a   Jones, Mark ^a   Tooth, Leigh ^a   Koupil, Ilona ^b   Mishra, Gita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Educational status; Longitudinal studies; Social inequalities; Weight gain; Weight trajectory

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WOMEN'S HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84964314580     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-1219     Document Type: Article

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