Secular and seasonal trends in obesity in chilean preschool children, 1996-2004

Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 339-343

  Stanojevic, Sanja ^a,c   Kain, Juliana ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chile; Nutrition transition; Obesity; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE REGISTRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROWTH; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK; SEASON; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITIONAL DISORDER; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEASONS;

EID: 58149268253     PISSN: 02772116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31816eb448     Document Type: Article

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