High childhood obesity in an Australian population

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1908-1912

  Sanigorski, Andrea M ^a   Bell, A Colin ^b   Kremer, Peter J ^c   Swinburn, Boyd A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Hunter New England Area Health Service   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BALLARAT   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Children; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTORIA;

EID: 34548605096     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.226     Document Type: Article

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