The prevalence of obesity of children (aged 13-15) and the significance of selected obesity risk factors

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 376-382

  Zawodniak Szałapska, Małgorzata ^a   Stawerska, Renata ^a   Lewiński, Andrzej ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

^b POLISH MOTHER S MEMORIAL HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD CARE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTROPHY; HYPOTROPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PERINATAL CARE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREMATURITY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

EID: 38949147795     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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