Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Bahraini adolescents: A comparison between three different sets of criteria

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 471-474

  Al Sendi, A M ^a,b   Shetty, P ^a,c   Musaiger, A O ^a,c  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c Bahrain Center for Studies/Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OBSERVER VARIATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STUDENT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; BAHRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0037350614     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1601560     Document Type: Article

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