Height and weight of German primary school children in the Family Intervention Trial (FIT) Erlangen

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 165-170

  Verwied Jorky, Sabine ^a   Sönnichsen, Andreas ^a   Weineck, Jürgen ^b   Koletzko, Berthold ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ethnic differences; Height; Overweight; Primary school children; Weight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0037593659     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-003-0407-5     Document Type: Article

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