Nutritional surveillance in Tuscany. Nutritional status among 8-9 y-old school children

Journal of Preventive Medicine and Hygiene

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 70-75

  Giacchi, Mariano ^a,e   Lazzeri, G ^a   Zani, A ^a   Guidoni, C ^a   Giallombardo, D ^a   Cocco, S ^a   Balocchini, E ^b   Caroli, M ^d   Turrini, A ^c   Censi, L ^c   Rossi, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Tuscany Region   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

^d Prevention Department   (Italy)

^e Center of Research for Health Education and Promotion   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 34447275711     PISSN: 11212233     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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