Tunisian children reference for body mass index and prevalence of obesity

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 86, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 906-911

  Amara, Hayet Ben ^c   Jelidi, Jabrane ^c   Bouguerra, Radhia ^a   Rayana, Chiheb Ben ^a   Atti, Jalila El ^a   Achour, Ahmed ^a   Zouari, Bechir ^b   Gaigi, Sadok ^a  

^a Institut National de Nutrition Tunis   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; TUNISIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58849147501     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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