Gender and Race Differences in the Association between Smoking Behavior and Body Mass Index

Gender and Race Differences in the Association between Smoking Behavior and Body Mass Index

Introduction: Obesity is an increasing public health burden in the USA. According to the National Obesity Trends, about one-third adults in the USA are obese. What is worse, this trend keeps increasing during the past twenty years. Appalachian region has higher prevalence for obesity and diabetes co...

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Main Authors: Xu, Nuo, Zheng, Shimin, Wang, Kesheng
Published: Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University 2012
Subjects:
gender
race
smoking
body mass index
BMI
United States
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Biostatistics
Epidemiology
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Online Access:https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/134

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