Thinness, overweight and obesity in a national sample of Iranian children and adolescents: CASPIAN Study

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 44-54

  Kelishadi, R ^a   Ardalan, G ^b   Gheiratmand, R ^c   Majdzadeh, R ^c   Hosseini, M ^d   Gouya, M M ^b   Razaghi, E M ^b   Delavari, A ^b   Motaghian, M ^b   Barekati, H ^b   Mahmoud arabi, M S ^b   Lock, K ^e  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Body mass index; CDC and IOTF criteria; Children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD HEALTH; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 37349092793     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2007.00744.x     Document Type: Article

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