Prevalence and socioeconomic risk factors of obesity among urban female students in Al-Khobar city, Eastern Saudi Arabia, 2003

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 93-99

  Al Saeed, W Y ^a   Al Dawood, K M ^a   Bukhari, I A ^a   Bahnassy, A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Children and adolescents; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33846919306     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00287.x     Document Type: Article

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