Childhood obesity: Modernity's scourge

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 178, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 422-423

  Wagters, Elizabeth B ^a   Baur, Louise A ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIET; EDITORIAL; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFESTYLE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 0038061516     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2003.tb05280.x     Document Type: Editorial

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