Open AccessCharacteristics associated with excessive weight gain after smoking cessation in men.
Author(s) -
Gary E. Swan,
Dorit Carmelli
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.85.1.73
Subject(s) - smoking cessation , weight gain , medicine , demography , environmental health , body weight , sociology , pathology
Data from two surveys of the National Academy of Sciences-National Research Council Twin Registry, conducted 16 years apart, were used to determine characteristics of individuals that were predictive of excessive weight gain after smoking cessation.
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