Obesity among Kuwaiti pre-school children aged 0-5 years: Prevalence and comparison with the NCHS/CDC reference population

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-246

  Al Isa, Abdulwahab Naser ^a   Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; KUWAIT; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0032246416     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010609801200404     Document Type: Review

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