Correlates of body mass index among a nationally representative sample of New Zealand children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-113

  Utter, Jennifer ^a   Scragg, Robert ^a   Schaaf, David ^a   Fitzgerald, Eljon ^b   Wilson, Noela ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breakfast; Child nutrition; Ethnicity; Obesity; School; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; MEAL; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PACIFIC ISLANDER; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEW ZEALAND; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; RANDOM ALLOCATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 34250616256     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160601127988     Document Type: Article

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