Overweight and obesity in Nigerian preschool children

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 143-144

  Senbanjo, Idowu O ^a  

^a Department of Pathology   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TWO TAILED TEST; UNDERWEIGHT;

CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 34147178466     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fml079     Document Type: Article

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