Patterns of overweight, inactivity, and snacking in Chinese children

Obesity Research

Volumn 11, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 957-961

  Waller, Carrie E ^a   Du, Shufa ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b University of North Carolina   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Inactive transport; Studying; Television; Video games

Indexed keywords

EID: 4243137773     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2003.132     Document Type: Article

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