Correlates of overweight & obesity among school going children of Wardha city, central India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 127, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 539-543

  Bharati, D R ^a   Deshmukh, P R ^a   Garg, B S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescence; BMI; Childhood; Fatness; Non communicable diseases; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE SCHOOL STUDENT; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOM SAMPLE; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 51549117278     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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