Prevalence and trends in obesity among school boys in Central Saudi Arabia between 1988 and 2005

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 28, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1569-1574

  Al Hazzaa, Hazzaa M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACROMION; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RANDOM SAMPLE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 35948941230     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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