Relationship between Smoking and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study of 499,504 Middle-Aged Adults in the UK General Population

Dare, Shadrach; Mackay, Daniel; P. Pell, Jill

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0123579

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Relationship between Smoking and Obesity: A Cross-Sectional Study of 499,504 Middle-Aged Adults in the UK General Population

Published in PLoS ONE • Apr 17, 2015

Authors:

Shadrach Dare

Daniel Mackay

Jill P. Pell

Abstract

BACKGROUND: There is a general perception that smoking protects against weight gain and this may influence commencement and continuation of smoking, especially among young women. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted using baseline data from UK Biobank. Logistic regression analyses were use...

Subject

Medicine

Obesity

Body mass index

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