Prevalence of overweight and obesity among junior high school students in a district of Tehran

Journal of Research in Medical Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 315-319

  Amini, Maryam ^a   Omidvar, Nasrin ^a   Kimiagar, Masood ^a  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Body weight; Obesity; Overweight; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MEAL; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SIBLING; WAIST HIP RATIO;

EID: 38049170665     PISSN: 17351995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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