An assessment of adolescent overweight and obesity in Xi'an City, China

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 50-58

  Li, Ming ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b,c   Sibbritt, David ^b   Yan, Hong ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c ROYAL NEWCASTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; anthropometry; body Mass Index; china; cross sectional; obesity; overweight; school based; socio demographic factor

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHINA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33845361733     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160500538046     Document Type: Article

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