High prevalence of overweight and obesity in 11-15-year-old children from Sicily

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 249-255

  Baratta, Roberto ^a   Degano, Claudia ^a   Leonardi, Daniela ^a   Vigneri, Riccardo ^a   Frittitta, Lucia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; Obesity prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL HEALTH; SICILY; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 33745585835     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2005.07.009     Document Type: Article

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