Childhood obesity in United Arab Emirates schoolchildren: A national study

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 72-79

  Al Haddad, Faik H ^a,d   Little, Bertis B ^b   Abdul Ghafoor, Abdul Ghafar M ^c  

^a Saif Bin Ghubash Hospital   (United Arab Emirates)

^b TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health United Arab Emirates   (United Arab Emirates)

^d NONE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BMI; Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; National survey; UAE schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

CHILD; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WATER; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MORPHOMETRICS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY WATER; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

ASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; WORLD;

EID: 15544375544     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460400027425     Document Type: Article

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