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Body mass index and overweight in relation to residence distance and population density: experience from the Northern Finland birth cohort 1966

BACKGROUND: The effect of urban sprawl on body weight in Finland is not well known. To provide more information, we examined whether body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of overweight are associated with an individual’s distance to the local community centre and population density in his/her res...

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Autores principales: Näyhä, Simo, Lankila, Tiina, Rautio, Arja, Koiranen, Markku, Tammelin, Tuija H, Taanila, Anja, Rusanen, Jarmo, Laitinen, Jaana
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3851578/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24103455
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-938