Differences in prevalence of overweight and stunting in 11-year olds across Europe: The pro children study

European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 126-130

  Yngve, Agneta ^a,l   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b   Wolf, Alexandra ^c   Grjibovski, Andrej ^a,d   Brug, Johannes ^e   Due, Pernille ^f   Ehrenblad, Bettina ^a   Elmadfa, Ibrahim ^g   Franchini, Bela ^h   Klepp, Knut Inge ⁱ   Poortvliet, Eric ^a   Rasmussen, Mette ^f   Thorsdottir, Inga ^j   Perez Rodrigo, Carmen ^k  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c AUSTRIAN AGENCY FOR HEALTH AND FOOD SAFETY   (Austria)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^g UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^j LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^k Community Nutrition Unit ^*  (Spain)

^l Unit for Preventive Nutrition   (Sweden)

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Author keywords

Childhood; Europe; Growth; Short stature

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; DENMARK; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STUNTING SYNDROME; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 40849130221     PISSN: 11011262     EISSN: 1464360X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/eurpub/ckm099     Document Type: Article

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