Obesity in children and adolescents in Cyprus. Prevalence and predisposing factors

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1036-1045

  Savva, S C ^a   Kourides, Y ^a   Tornaritis, M ^a   Epiphaniou Savva, M ^a   Chadjigeorgiou, C ^a   Kafatos, A ^b  

^a Research and Education Foundation of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Cyprus; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CYPRUS; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0036346045     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802042     Document Type: Article

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