Overweight and obesity in a group of Italian children and adolescents: Prevalence estimates using different reference standards

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-57

  Vignolo, M ^a   Pistorio, A ^b   Torrisi, C ^a   Parodi, A ^a   Grassi, S ^a   Aicardi, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI charts; Childhood and adolescent overweight obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLOTHING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SHOE; STANDARDIZATION;

EID: 1942470436     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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