Factors affecting prevalence of overweight among 12- To 17-year-old urban adolescents in Hyderabad, India

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1384-1390

  Laxmaiah, Avula ^a   Nagalla, Balakrishna ^a   Vijayaraghavan, Kamasamudram ^a,b   Nair, Mohanan ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION   (India)

^b INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

^c Indian Institute of Diabetes   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Overweight; Physical activity; Socioeconomics; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34547185556     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.165     Document Type: Article

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