Trends in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among young Australians, 1985, 1997, and 2004

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1089-1095

  Booth, Michael L ^a,d   Dobbins, Timothy ^b   Okely, Anthony D ^c   Denney Wilson, Elizabeth ^a   Hardy, Louise L ^a  

^a New South Wales Centre for Overweight and Obesity   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Australia; Child; Secular trend; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 34250683341     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.586     Document Type: Article

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