Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Thessaloniki-Greece and Kayseri-Turkey

Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews

Volumn 1, Issue SUPPL. 3, 2004, Pages 460-464

  Krassas, Gerasimos E ^a   Tsametis, Christos ^a   Baleki, Vaia ^a   Constantinidis, Theodoras ^b   Unluhizarci, Kursad ^c   Kurtoglu, Selim ^c   Kelestimur, Fahrettin ^c  

^a PANAGIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b Thrace University   (Turkey)

^c ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Greece; Obesity; Overweight; Schoolchildren; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 13444254293     PISSN: 15654753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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