Regional differences in overweight: An effect of people or place?

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 407-413

  Hawkins, S S ^a,b   Griffiths, L J ^a,b   Cole, T J ^a,b   Dezateux, C ^a,b   Law, C ^a,b   Peckham, Catherine ^b   Bedford, Helen ^b   Rahi, Jugnoo ^b   Cumberland, Phillippa ^b   Pearce, Anna ^b   Bartington, Suzanne ^b  

^a Millennium Cohort Study Child Health Group

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; UNITED KINGDOM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; LIFESTYLE; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONDON; NORTHERN IRELAND; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SCOTLAND; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WALES;

EID: 44349171724     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2007.128231     Document Type: Article

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