Prevalence of overweight in a triethnic pediatric population of San Antonio, Texas

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 409-416

  Park, M K ^a   Menard, S W ^b   Schoolfield, J ^b  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Body mass index; Ethnicity race; Mexican Americans; Obesity overweight; Skinfold thickness

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEXICAN AMERICANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; TEXAS;

EID: 0035095074     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0801550     Document Type: Article

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