Overweight and obesity in affluent school children of Punjab

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 255-259

  Sidhu, Sharda ^a   Kaur, Navdeep ^a   Kaur, Ramanjeet ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Affluent school children; Body mass index; India; Obesity; Overweight; Punjab

Indexed keywords

BODY SHAPE; OBESITY;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; PUNJAB [INDIA]; SOUTH ASIA;

EID: 33646768158     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460600578631     Document Type: Article

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