Overweight and blood pressure: Results from the examination of a selected group of adolescents in northern Italy

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 905-913

  Turconi, G ^a   Maccarini, L ^b   Bazzano, R ^a   Roggi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^b Hygiene Institute   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adiposity indices; Blood pressure; Body mass index; Hypertension; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; ITALY; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; WAIST-HIP RATIO;

EID: 48749096301     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980007001255     Document Type: Article

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