Overweight and obesity in preadolescent children and their parents in Cyprus: Prevalence and associated socio-demographic factors - The CYKIDS study

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-193

  Lazarou, C ^a,c   Panagiotakos, D B ^a   Panayiotou, G ^b   Matalas, A L ^a  

^a HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^b CYPRUS COLLEGE   (Cyprus)

^c NONE   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Cyprus; Obesity; Prevalence; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CYPRUS; FEMALE; GOLD ALLOYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SILVER; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42249085412     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2007.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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