Factors associated with overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti kindergarten children aged 3-5 years

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 125-139

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

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENTAL CARE; EATING; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENTAL CARE; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0032620675     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010609901300301     Document Type: Article

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