Body mass index in 7-9-y-old French children: Frequency of obesity, overweight and thinness

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 1610-1616

  Rolland Cachera, M F ^a,b,g   Castetbon, K ^a   Arnault, N ^b   Bellisle, F ^c   Romano, M C ^d   Lehingue, Y ^e   Frelut, M L ^f   Hercberg, S ^a,b  

^a InVS   (France)

^b Inst Sci et T de la N et de l'A ^*  (France)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d Direction de la Programmation et des Développements   (France)

^e CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^f HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

^g INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; France; Obesity; Prevalence; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WESTERN EUROPE;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 0036957568     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802146     Document Type: Article

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