Prevalence of overweight among children in Europe

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 195-200

  Lobstein, T ^a   Frelut, M L ^b  

^a International Obesity TaskForce   (United Kingdom)

^b HÔPITAL ROBERT DEBRÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Children; Europe; Overweight

Indexed keywords

CHILD CARE; DATA ANALYSIS; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; OBESITY; PUBERTY; REVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; META-ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0345257102     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1467-789X.2003.00116.x     Document Type: Review

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