Overweight and obesity in preschool children from developing countries

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 959-967

  Martorell, R ^a   Khan, L Kettel ^b   Hughes, M L ^a   Grummer Strawn, L M ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Nutrition surveys; Obesity

Indexed keywords

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHILD HEALTH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

EID: 0033852307     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801264     Document Type: Article

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