Is high-altitude environment a risk factor for childhood overweight and obesity in Saudi Arabia?

Wilderness and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 157-163

  Khalid, Mohammed El Habib ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Altitude; Children; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ALTITUDE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 55849126249     PISSN: 10806032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1580/07-WEME-OR-095.1     Document Type: Article

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