Changing Prevalences of Overweight and Obesity in Primary School Children - a Glimmer of Hope?

Scottish Medical Journal

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-36

  Mcdougall, C M ^a   Crum, J E ^b  

^a ROYAL ABERDEEN CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

body mass index; children; Obesity; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; STUDENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; SCOTLAND; STUDENTS;

EID: 33847025840     PISSN: 00369330     EISSN: 20456441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/RSMSMJ.51.1.34     Document Type: Article

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