The association between diet quality and weight change in adults over time: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies

Title: The association between diet quality and weight change in adults over time: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies
Creator: Aljadani, Haya; Patterson, Amanda; Sibbritt, David; Collins, Clare
Relation: Diet Quality: An Evidence Based Approach, Volume 2 p. 3-27
Publisher Link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-7315-2_1
Publisher: Springer
Resource Type: book chapter
Date: 2013
Description: Obesity is defined as an excess of body fat. Different methods can be used to determine the degree of adiposity, with body mass index (BMI) being a commonly used indirect method. BMI is defined as weight in kilograms divided by the square of height, in metres. According to the WHO BMI classifications, obesity is defined as BMI ≥30 kg/m², while overweight is defined as 25 ≤ BMI < 30 kg/m².
Subject: diet index; diet quality; diet score; weight change; weight gain; obesity; longitudinal; cohort
Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1045837
Identifier: uon:14533
Identifier: ISBN:9781461473145
Language: eng

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