Overweight in Swiss children and associations with children's and parents' characteristics

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2912-2919

  Lasserre, Aurélie M ^a   Chiolero, Arnaud ^a   Cachat, François ^b   Paccaud, Fred ^a   Bovet, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Diet; Education; Physical activity; Television

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GENETICS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PREVALENCE; SWITZERLAND; TELEVISION;

EID: 39149088650     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.347     Document Type: Article

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