Obesity and related behaviors among adolescent school boys in Abha City, Southwestern Saudi Arabia

Journal of Tropical Pediatrics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 120-124

  Mahfouz, Ahmed A ^a   Abdelmoneim, Ismail ^a   Khan, Mohamed Y ^a   Daffalla, Asim A ^a   Diab, Mohamed M ^a   Al Gelban, Khalid S ^a   Moussa, Hasan ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; Prevalence; Risk factors; Saudi Arabia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CITY; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET THERAPY; EXERCISE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE (STATISTICS); SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ADULT; CHILD; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIAL CLASS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 42049099707     PISSN: 01426338     EISSN: 14653664     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/tropej/fmm089     Document Type: Article

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