Prevalence and determinants of obesity in children in public schools of Sintra, Portugal

Obesity

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 497-500

  Ferreira, Raquel J ^a   Marques Vidal, Pedro M ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA MOLECULAR   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARM; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST HIP RATIO;

ARM; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 39449083271     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.74     Document Type: Article

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