Worldwide trends in childhood obesity

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 137, Issue 9-10, 2007, Pages 157-158

  Lasserre, Aurélie M ^a   Chiolero, Arnaud ^a   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIET; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LETTER; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947533100     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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