The feet of overweight and obese young children: Are they flat or fat?

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1949-1953

  Mickle, Karen J ^a   Steele, Julie R ^a   Munro, Bridget J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Biomechanics; Flatfoot; Foot; Preschool

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRESSURE;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FLATFOOT; FOOT; FOOT BONES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PRESSURE;

EID: 33846274947     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.227     Document Type: Article

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