Prevalence of and risk factors for overweight among school girls 12 to 19 years old in a semi-urban region of Ecuador;Prevalencia y factores de riesgo de sobrepeso en colegialas de 12 a 19 años en una región semiurbana del Ecuador

Revista Panamericana de Salud Publica/Pan American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 277-284

  Castro Burbano, José ^a,b   Fornasini, Marco ^a   Acosta, Mario ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD SAN FRANCISCO DE QUITO   (Ecuador)

^b Clínica Galenus   (Ecuador)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOOD INTAKE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; ECUADOR; FEMALE; FOOD COMPOSITION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LIPID STORAGE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; ECUADOR; ENERGY INTAKE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MOTHERS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; SUBURBAN POPULATION;

ECUADOR;

EID: 0037499755     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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