Overweight prevalence among youth in the United States: Why so many different numbers?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 23, Issue , 1999, Pages S22-S27

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

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Body weight; Child; Health surveys; NHANES; Nutrition assessment; Reference values

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; REFERENCE VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; HUMANS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032938679     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800855     Document Type: Article

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