Prevalence of obesity in elementary schoolchildren living in Northeast Attica, Greece

Obesity

Volumn 14, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1113-1117

  Papadimitriou, Anastasios ^a,c   Kounadi, Dionysia ^b   Konstantinidou, Maria ^b   Xepapadaki, Paraskevi ^b   Nicolaidou, Polyxeni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b PENTELI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Immigrants; Overweight; Schoolchildren; Secular trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 33846860856     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2006.127     Document Type: Article

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