Relative deprivation and risk factors for obesity in Canadian adolescents.

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Published in Soc Sci Med on January 28, 2016

Authors

Frank J Elgar1, Annie Xie2, Timo-Kolja Pförtner3, James White4, Kate E Pickett5

Author Affiliations

1: Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada. Electronic address: frank.elgar@mcgill.ca.
2: Institute for Health and Social Policy, McGill University, Montreal, Canada.
3: Institute for Medical Sociology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
4: School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, UK.
5: Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, England, UK.

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