Influence of the family nucleus on obesity in children from northeastern Brazil: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Oliveira, Ana M ^a,b,c   Oliveira, Antônio C ^b,c   Almeida, Marcele S ^b,c   Oliveira, Nelson ^b,c   Adan, Luis ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF BAHIA   (Brazil)

^b State University of Feira de Santana ^*  (Brazil)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE CIÊNCIAS BIOLÓGICAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAMILY HISTORY; FATHER; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNDERWEIGHT; BODY MASS; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENETICS; MARRIAGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; NUCLEAR FAMILY; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37349058926     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-235     Document Type: Article

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