Prevalence of overweight and obesity in urban and semi-urban Jordanian children aged 3-6years

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 464-469

  Ibrahim, Alaa I ^a,b   Hawamdeh, Z M ^b   Al smadi, J T ^b   Ammari, B A ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Epidemiology; Jordan; Obesity; Overweight; Physicalgrowth

Indexed keywords

ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SUBURBAN HEALTH; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 44949244147     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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