Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Costa Rican elementary school children

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

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 24-32

  Nuñez Rivas, Hilda Patricia ^a,b   Monge Rojas, Rafael ^a   León, Hania ^c   Roselló, Marlen ^a  

^a Ministry of Health   (Costa Rica)

^b PROYECTO EPIDEMIOLÓGICO GUANACASTE   (Costa Rica)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Costa Rica; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

BODY SIZE; CHILD HEALTH; HEALTH STATUS; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COSTA RICA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

COSTA RICA;

EID: 0345270410     PISSN: 10204989     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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