Open AccessThinness Among Young Japanese Women
Author(s) -
Hidemi Takimoto,
Nobuo Yoshiike,
Fumi Kaneda,
Katsushi Yoshita
Publication year - 2004
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.94.9.1592
Subject(s) - medicine , demography , environmental health , psychology , gerontology , sociology
We described changes in body mass index (BMI) and the prevalence of thinness among young Japanese women (aged 15-29 years) from 1976 to 2000 by reanalyzing the nationwide data in the National Nutrition Survey, Japan.