Overweight and obesity in Norwegian children: Secular trends in weight-for-height and skinfolds

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1333-1337

  Juliusson P B ^a   Roelants, M ^b   Eide, G E ^a   Hauspie, R ^b   Waaler, P E ^a   Bjerknes, R ^a,c  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Overweight; Skinfolds; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBSCAPULAR MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 34548150745     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2007.00421.x     Document Type: Article

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