Prevalence of overweight and obesity in a group of children between the ages of 2 to 12 years old in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 159-161

  Otero González, Myrta ^a   García Fragoso, Lourdes ^b  

^a San Juan City Hospital   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUERTO RICO;

EID: 54049113053     PISSN: 07380658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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