Obesity of Czech children and adolescents: Relation to parental obesity and socioeconomic factors

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 163-170

  Kunesova, M ^a   Vignerova, J ^b   Steflova A ^c   Parizkova J ^a   Lajka, J ^d   Hainer, V ^a   Blaha, P ^e   Hlavaty, P ^a   Kalouskova, P ^a   Hlavata, K ^a   Wagenknecht, M ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c WHO   (Czech Republic)

^d STEM/MARK a s   (Czech Republic)

^e CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Parental

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ANTHROPOLOGY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CZECH REPUBLIC; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 34250222094     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-007-0110-8     Document Type: Conference Paper

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