Prevalence of overweight and obesity among 11-year-old children in Cyprus, 1997-2003

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 186-192

  Savva, Savvas C ^a   Tornaritis, Michael J ^a   Chadjigeorgiou, Charalambos ^a   Kourides, Yiannis A ^a   Siamounki, Maria ^a   Kafatos, Anthony ^b  

^a Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Cyprus; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

CHILD; CYPRUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 47649114358     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160701705451     Document Type: Article

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