Assessment of nutritional status and lifestyle pattern among Saudi Arabian school children

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1298-1300

  Farahat, Fayssal M ^a   Joshi, Kamlesh P ^a   Al Mazrou, Falah F ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOTE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; ARTICLE; CHILD; HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SAUDI ARABIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 35848942159     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 16583175     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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