Exposure to famine at a young age and unhealthy lifestyle behavior later in life

PLoS ONE

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Fransen, Heidi P ^a,b   Peeters, Petra H M ^a,c   Beulens, Joline W J ^a   Boer, Jolanda M A ^b   De Wit, G Ardine ^a,b   Onland Moret, N Charlotte ^a   Van Der Schouw, Yvonne T ^a   Buenode Mesquita, H Bas ^a,b,c,d   Hoekstra, Jeljer ^b   Elias, Sjoerd G ^a   May, Anne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUNGER; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL INACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SMOKING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTOR; STARVATION; WAR;

ALCOHOL DRINKING; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; STARVATION; WORLD WAR II;

EID: 84973110473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0156609     Document Type: Article

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