The relationship between obesity and seasonal variation in body weight among elementary school children in Tokyo

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-261

  Kobayashi, Masako ^a   Kobayashi, Maiko ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

^b Tokiwa International Institute of Victimology   (Japan)

Author keywords

Air conditioner; Growth; Japan; Obesity; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

AIR CONDITIONING; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; WEIGHT GAIN; WINTER;

CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; SEASONS; TOKYO; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33646596588     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2005.08.002     Document Type: Article

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