Prevalence of overweight and obese children between 1989 and 1998: Population based series of cross sectional studies

British Medical Journal

Volumn 322, Issue 7282, 2001, Pages 326-328

  Bundred, P ^a   Kitchiner, D ^b   Buchan, I ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b ALDER HEY CHILDREN'S NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c West Hertfordshire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0035835388     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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