Trends and predictors of overweight and obesity in East German children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 963-969

  Frye, C ^a   Heinrich, J ^a,b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Institute of Epidemiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Body weight; Child; Cross sectional studies; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0043167941     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802321     Document Type: Article

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