The prevalence of obesity and overweight in 1-18-year-old Saudi children

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2002, Pages 303-307

  El Hazmi, Mohsen A F ^a   Warsy, Arjumand S ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036765363     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5144/0256-4947.2002.303     Document Type: Article

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