Overweight and obesity and their associated factors in adolescents in Tehran, Iran, 2004-2005

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 165, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 489-493

  Moayeri, Heshmat ^a   Bidad, Katayoon ^a   Aghamohammadi, Asghar ^a   Rabbani, Ali ^a   Anari, Shahab ^a   Nazemi, Leili ^a   Gholami, Narges ^a   Zadhoush, Soroush ^a   Hatmi, Zinat Nadia ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

TRACE ELEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MACRONUTRIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; MICROCOMPUTER; MOTOR VEHICLE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33744486917     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-006-0101-8     Document Type: Article

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