Prevalence of obesity and its comorbidities among schoolchildren in Taiwan

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 16, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2007, Pages 601-607

  Chu, Nain Feng ^a   Pan, Wen Han ^b,c  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Comorbidities; Obesity; Prevalence; Schoolchildren; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN;

AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 35448943999     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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