Trends of obesity and underweight in older children and adolescents in the United States, Brazil, China, and Russia

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 971-977

  Wang, Youfa ^a   Monteiro, Carlos ^b   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Brazil; Children; China; Obesity; Russia; Underweight; United States

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHINA; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036114198     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/75.6.971     Document Type: Article

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