Deprivation and childhood obesity: A cross sectional study of 20,973 children in Plymouth, United Kingdom

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 456-460

  Kinra, Sanjay ^a   Nelder, Robert P ^a   Lewendon, Gill J ^a  

^a South and West Devon Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEDICAL GEOGRAPHY; POVERTY; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POVERTY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0034075445     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.54.6.456     Document Type: Article

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