Association between overweight or obesity and household income and parental body mass index in Australian youth: Analysis of the Australian National Nutrition Survey, 1995

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-205

  Wang, Zaimin ^a   Patterson, Carla M ^a   Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Body mass index; Nutrition survey; Obesity; Overweight; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMICS; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; RISK; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FATHERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0036381005     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-6047.2002.00291.x     Document Type: Article

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