Childhood overweight and obesity prevalences levelling off in Stockholm but socioeconomic differences persist

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1525-1530

  Sundblom, E ^a   Petzold, M ^b,c   Rasmussen, F ^a,d   Callmer, E ^a   Lissner, L ^e  

^a Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

^b NORDIC SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Gender; Overweight; Socioeconomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNDERWEIGHT;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 53849114637     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2008.104     Document Type: Article

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