The prevalence and characteristics of childhood overweight in a multiethnic, school-based health setting

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 98-103

  Ho, Wing Wah ^a   Adams, Richard E ^a   Boscarino, Joseph A ^b   Laraque, Danielle ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Ceisinger Health System   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Epidemiology; Ethnic croups; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINORITY GROUP; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; AFRICAN AMERICAN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; ETHNOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OVERWEIGHT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOLS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 47549113287     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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