Changes in body mass index in 11-12-year-old children in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand (1989-2000)

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 40, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 33-37

  Turnbull, A ^a   Barry, D ^a   Wickens, K ^b   Crane, J ^b  

^a University of Otago ^*  (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; New Zealand; Obesity; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 1542721867     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2004.00286.x     Document Type: Article

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