The effects of age categorization on estimates of overweight prevalence for children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1636-1641

  Flegal, K M ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Age; Body mass index; Body weight; Children; Epidemiologic methods; Growth charts; Health surveys; Nutrition surveys; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033646841     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801441     Document Type: Article

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