Nutritional status of 11-12-year-old Jamaican children: Coexistence of under- and overnutrition in early adolescence

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 281-288

  Jackson, Maria ^a   Samms Vaughan, Maureen ^a   Ashley, Deanna ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^b Ministry of Health   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

Adolescent nutrition; Body mass index; Height for age; Overweight; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; JAMAICA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAMAICA; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0036207621     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2002262     Document Type: Article

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