Prevalence of obesity among 6- to 13-year-old Kuwaiti children

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 272-280

  Moussa, Mohamed A A ^a   Shaltout, Azza A ^a   Al Sheikh, Nashami ^b   Agha, Nizam ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Children; Kuwait; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0033391646     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000026104     Document Type: Article

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