Factors associated with overweight and obesity among Kuwaiti kindergarten female teachers

Nutrition and Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 67-71

  Al Isa, Abdulwahab Naser ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Kindergarten; Kuwait; Obesity; Teachers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; KINDERGARTEN; KUWAIT; MARRIAGE; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVENTIVE DENTISTRY; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEACHER;

EID: 10444240196     PISSN: 02601060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026010600401800107     Document Type: Article

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