Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: Results from the North South Survey of Children's Height, Weight and Body Mass Index, 2002

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Whelton, Helen ^a   Harrington, Janas ^a   Crowley, Evelyn ^a   Kelleher, Virginia ^a   Cronin, Michael ^a   Perry, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; OBESITY; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; NORTHERN IRELAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 34548065680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-187     Document Type: Article

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