Prevalence and socio-demographic associations of undernutrition and obesity among preschool children in Cyprus

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 59, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1259-1265

  Savva, S C ^a,c   Tornaritis, M ^a   Chadjigeorgiou, C ^a   Kourides, Y A ^a   Savva, M E ^a   Panagi, A ^a   Chrictodoulou, E ^a   Kafatos, A ^b  

^a Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Obesity; Overweight; Preschool; Undernutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NURSERY SCHOOL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WASTING SYNDROME;

EID: 27844509192     PISSN: 09543007     EISSN: 14765640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejcn.1602237     Document Type: Article

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