Obesity among pre-adolescent and adolescents of a developing country (India)

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-235

  Chhatwal, Jugesh ^a   Verma, Manorama ^a   Riar, Sandeep Kaur ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Developing country; India; Obesity; Pre adolescents; Socio economic status; Triceps skin fold thickness; WHO guidelines

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 4944254403     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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