Prevalence and trends of underweight and BMI distribution changes in Japanese teenagers based on the 2001 National Survey data

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 354-361

  Inokuchi, Mikako ^a   Matsuo, Nobutake ^a,b   Takayama, John I ^b   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^a,c  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^c NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Cross sectional data; Dieting; Growth chart

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY CONDITION; CROSS SECTION; DIET; GROWTH CURVE; HEALTH SURVEY; WEIGHT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; THINNESS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34447125602     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460701300109     Document Type: Article

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