Overweight and obesity among schoolchildren in Sana'a City, Yemen

Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 342-345

  Raja'a, Yahia Ahmed ^a   Mohanna, Mabrook Aidah Bin ^a   Selmi, Mohammed W F ^b   Sha'th, Mohammed H Z ^b   Arrajodi, Abdullah S M ^b   Addomaini, Aidah A ^b   Abdullah, Mohammed H M ^b   Al Arasi, Sameera M ^b   Assadoun, Ammar A S ^b   Bazi, Hamouda M ^b   Aggazoli, Nasser A ^b   Al Khalagi, Eman S ^b  

^a SANA A UNIVERSITY   (Yemen)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Yemen, overweight obesity; Yemeni children, overweight and obesity; Yemeni schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRIENT CONTENT; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; YEMEN;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YEMEN;

EID: 24744464316     PISSN: 02506807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000087723     Document Type: Article

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