Prevalence and trends in overweight and obesity among children and adolescents in Bologna, Italy: 1974-2002

Rivista Italiana di Medicina dell'Adolescenza

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 38-40

  Tanas, Rita ^a,d   Albertini, Augusta ^b   Casarini, Tania ^b   Armari, Sabrina ^a   Bottazzi, Mirella ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b Regional Health Authority   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^d NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Childhood; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE;

EID: 33846465017     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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