Ethnic group differences in overweight and obese children and young people in England: Cross sectional survey

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 30-36

  Saxena, S ^a,b   Ambler, G ^a   Cole, T J ^c   Majeed, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES;

EID: 1642580640     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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