Rural Canadian adolescents are more likely to be obese compared with urban adolescents

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 205-211

  Bruner, Mark W ^a   Lawson, Joshua ^b,c   Pickett, William ^a   Boyce, William ^a   Janssen, Ian ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Canada; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Rural

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; STUDENT; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; CANADA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 57049095060     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17477160802158477     Document Type: Article

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