Overweight and obesity among Saudi Arabian children and adolescents between 1994 and 2000

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 4-5, 2002, Pages 470-479

  Abalkhail, B ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RATING SCALE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 10644256416     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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