Creator:

Statistics Canada

Geography:

North America > Canada

Categories:

• Nutrition, Obesity, and Body Mass

Tags:

• Body Mass Index
• obesity
• overweight
• pain

Date:

2005

URL:

http://www.statcan.gc.ca/studies-etudes/82-003/archive/2005/8708-eng.pdf

Annotation:

The relationship between body mass index (BMI) category and dependency in men and women aged 45 or older is examined cross-sectionally and prospectively.  Data are from the 2003 Canadian Community Health Survey and the 1994/95 through 2002/03 National Population Health Survey, household populations.