Overweight children and adolescents: Description, epidemiology, and demographics

Pediatrics

Volumn 101, Issue 3 II SUPPL., 1998, Pages 497-504

  Troiano, Richard P ^a,b   Flegal, Katherine M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Body weight; Child; Health surveys; Nutrition surveys; Socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031934790     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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