Adolescent obesity in Lebanese private schools

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 648-651

  Chakar, Hilda ^a   Salameh, Pascale R ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALAMAND   (Lebanon)

^b LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^c Jdeidet El Meten   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Lebanon; Obesity; Private schools

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BIRTH; CALCULATION; CHILD; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LEBANON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; LEBANON; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE SECTOR; PROGNOSIS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STUDENTS;

EID: 33845457207     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckl057     Document Type: Article

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