Prevalence of overweight, obesity and low weight in the Czech child population up to 18 years of age in the last 50 years

Journal of Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 413-420

  Vignerova J ^a   Humenikova L ^b   Paulova M ^a   Riedlova J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT;

EID: 54949158704     PISSN: 09431853     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10389-008-0193-x     Document Type: Article

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