Overweight and obesity trends from 1974 to 2003 in English children: What is the role of socioeconomic factors?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 999-1004

  Stamatakis, E ^a   Primatesta, P ^a   Chinn, S ^b   Rona, R ^b   Falascheti, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 26044444498     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2004.068932     Document Type: Article

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