Parental obesity as a predictor of childhood overweight/obesity in Australian migrant children

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 179-187

  Li, Yang ^a   Brock, Kaye ^a   Cant, Rosemary ^a   Ke, Liang ^a   Morrell, Stephen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Childhood overweight obesity; Exercise; Immigrant; Parental obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAST; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SOUTHEAST ASIA; SPORT;

EID: 50649097449     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.04.007     Document Type: Article

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