Prevalence of obesity in 4-18-year-old population in the Basque Country, Spain

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Larranaga N ^a,d   Amiano, P ^a   Arrizabalaga, J J ^b   Bidaurrazaga, J ^a   Gorostiza, E ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL TXAGORRITXU   (Spain)

^c Matiena Health Centre   (Spain)

^d NONE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 34250674544     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2006.00306.x     Document Type: Article

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