Increasing prevalences of overweight and obesity in Northern Plains American Indian children

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 160, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-39

  Zephier, Elenora ^a   Himes, John H ^b   Story, Mary ^b   Zhou, Xia ^b  

^a Aberdeen Area Indian Health Service   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AMERICAN INDIAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; MALE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 29944446081     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 10724710     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.160.1.34     Document Type: Article

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