Overweight and obesity among sexual minority adults in the United States

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 2019, Pages

  Azagba, Sunday ^a   Shan, Lingpeng ^a   Latham, Keely ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bisexual; Gay; Lesbian; Obesity; Overweight; Sexual minority populations

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER IDENTITY; GENDER ISSUE; HEALTH STATUS; HOMOSEXUALITY; MINORITY GROUP; OBESITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HOMOSEXUAL FEMALE; HOMOSEXUAL MALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROPENSITY SCORE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITY; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; LESBIANISM; MALE HOMOSEXUALITY; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BISEXUALITY; FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, FEMALE; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; SEXUAL AND GENDER MINORITIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85066960791     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph16101828     Document Type: Article

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