Prevalence of overweight and obesity among pre-school children in semi urban south India

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 497-499

  Kumar, H N Harsha ^a   Mohanan, Padma ^a   Kotian, Shashidhar ^a   Sajjan, B S ^a   Ganesh Kumar, S ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; India; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 45849109915     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 00196061     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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