Prevalence of overweight and obesity among high-school girls in Tabriz, Iran, in 2001

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 288-291

  Pourhassem Gargarin, Bahram ^a   Hamed Behzad, Mahdiyeh ^a   Ghassabpour, Saeideh ^a   Ayat, Arezoo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; GENDER ROLE; WEIGHT;

ASIA; EAST AZERBAIJAN; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TABRIZ;

IRANIA;

EID: 5744231390     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/156482650402500309     Document Type: Article

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