Prevalence of obesity in 6- and 9-year-old children living in Central-North Italy. Analysis of determinants and indicators of risk of overweight

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-10

  Albertini, A ^a   Tripodi, A ^a   Fabbri, A ^a   Mattioli, M ^a   Cavrini, G ^b   Cecchetti, R ^a   Dalle Donne, E ^a   Cortesi, C ^a   De Giorgi, S ^a   Contarini, V ^a   Andreotti, L ^a   Veronesi, B ^a   Stefanelli, I ^a   Di Martino, E ^c  

^a Nutrition and Food Health Services   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Veterinary and Food Health Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Body mass index (BMI); Obesity; Pre school children

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION SCIENCES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 37249078366     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00414.x     Document Type: Article

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