Identification and follow-up of obesity in ten-year-old school children

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 102-108

  Meriaux, Benita Gunnarsson ^a   Hellstrom, Anna Lena ^a,b   Mårild, Staffan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Child; Gender; Identification; Intervention; Obesity; Prevention; School health services; Screening; Socioeconomic status; Sweden

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; HEALTH SURVEY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICS; SWEDEN; TIME;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 46249117617     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701789489     Document Type: Article

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