Prevalence of obesity in International Special Olympic athletes as determined by body mass index

Journal of the American Dietetic Association

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-237

  Harris, Nancy ^a   Rosenberg, Allan ^b   Jangda, Sehr ^a   O'Brien, Kevin ^a   Gallagher, Margie Lee ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATHLETE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; NUTRITION; SPORT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SPORTS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037313653     PISSN: 00028223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jada.2003.50025     Document Type: Article

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