Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: International survey

British Medical Journal

Volumn 320, Issue 7244, 2000, Pages 1240-1243

  Cole, Tim J ^a   Bellizzi, Mary C ^b   Flegal, Katherine M ^c   Dietz, William H ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; HEALTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITION INDEXES; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; WORLD; YOUTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SINGAPORE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034611996     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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