Associations between obesity (BMI and waist circumference) and socio-demographic factors, physical activity, dietary habits, life events, resilience, mood, perceived stress and hopelessness in healthy older Europeans

[1] Finucane MM(2011)National, regional and global trends in body mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country years and 9.1 million participants Lancet 377 557-567

[2] Stevens GA(2011)Association between a healthy lifestyle and general obesity and abdominal obesity in an elderly population at high cardiovascular risk Prev Med 53 155-161

[3] Cowan MJ(2009)Obesity and body mass index (BMI) in relation to lifestyle and psycho-social aspects Arch Gerontol Geriatr 49 195-206

[4] Danaei G(2007)Overweight and obesity in preadolescent children and their parents in Cyprus: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors – the CYKIDS study Obesity Rev 9 185-193

[5] Lin JK(2006)An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women Int J Obesity 30 1240-1249

[6] Paciorek CJ(2010)Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity among US-born and foreign-born adults by sex and education Obesity 18 422-424

[7] Singh GM(2010)Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003 BMC Pub Health 10 art330-380

[8] Gutierrez HR(2010)Demographic and lifestyle variables associated with obesity Health Ed J 69 372-1030

[9] Lu YA(2003)Prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among older adults J Gerontology Series A – Biol Sci & Med Sci 58 1018-1394

[10] Bahalim AN(2004)Positive health: connecting well-being with biology Phil Trans R Soc 359 1383-372

[1] Finucane MM(2011)National, regional and global trends in body mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country years and 9.1 million participants Lancet 377 557-567

[2] Stevens GA(2011)Association between a healthy lifestyle and general obesity and abdominal obesity in an elderly population at high cardiovascular risk Prev Med 53 155-161

[3] Cowan MJ(2009)Obesity and body mass index (BMI) in relation to lifestyle and psycho-social aspects Arch Gerontol Geriatr 49 195-206

[4] Danaei G(2007)Overweight and obesity in preadolescent children and their parents in Cyprus: prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors – the CYKIDS study Obesity Rev 9 185-193

[5] Lin JK(2006)An investigation of psychological, social and environmental correlates of obesity and weight gain in young women Int J Obesity 30 1240-1249

[6] Paciorek CJ(2010)Racial/ethnic disparities in obesity among US-born and foreign-born adults by sex and education Obesity 18 422-424

[7] Singh GM(2010)Is the Scottish population living dangerously? Prevalence of multiple risk factors: the Scottish Health Survey 2003 BMC Pub Health 10 art330-380

[8] Gutierrez HR(2010)Demographic and lifestyle variables associated with obesity Health Ed J 69 372-1030

[9] Lu YA(2003)Prevalence and correlates of overweight and obesity among older adults J Gerontology Series A – Biol Sci & Med Sci 58 1018-1394

[10] Bahalim AN(2004)Positive health: connecting well-being with biology Phil Trans R Soc 359 1383-372