Cross-national comparison of childhood obesity: The epidemic and the relationship between obesity and socioeconomic status

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1129-1136

  Wang, Youfa ^a,b  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Cross national comparison; Obesity; Overweight; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL STANDARD UNIT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHINA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0035158270     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/30.5.1129     Document Type: Article

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