The secular trend of body weight of Greek schoolchildren in the 20 th century

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a   Douros, Konstantinos ^a   Fretzayas, Andreas ^a   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BMI; Body weight; Childhood obesity; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD GROWTH; GREECE; HUMAN; REVIEW; TREND STUDY; WAR;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GREECE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MALE; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 33845976391     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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