Open AccessRisk Factors for Adult Overweight and Obesity: The Importance of Looking Beyond the ‘Big Two’
Author(s) -
JeanPhilippe Chaput,
Anders Sjödin,
Arne Astrup,
JeanPierre Després,
Claude Bouchard,
Angelo Tremblay
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
obesity facts
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.398
H-Index - 45
eISSN - 1662-4033
pISSN - 1662-4025
DOI - 10.1159/000321398
Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , obesity , risk factor , body mass index , gerontology , demography , environmental health , physical therapy , sociology
To compare two traditional (high dietary lipid intake and non-participation in high-intensity physical exercise, namely the 'Big Two' factors) versus three nontraditional (short sleep duration, high disinhibition eating behavior, and low dietary calcium intake) risk factors as predictors of excess body weight and overweight/obesity development.