Rapidly rising rates of overweight and obesity coupled with persistently high rates of undernutrition among school aged children in an urban Indo-Asian population: Authors' response

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 93, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1000-1001

  Jafar, Tazeen H ^a   Hatcher, Juanita ^a   Bhutta, Zulfiqar A ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EPIDEMIC; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INSULIN RESISTANCE; LETTER; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALNUTRITION; MORTALITY; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; WASTING SYNDROME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; HUMANS; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; RISK FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 55349103059     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2008.141242     Document Type: Letter

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