Prevalence of overweight and obesity in 5- and 12-year-old Finnish children in 1986 and 2006

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 507-512

  Vuorela, Nina ^a,c   Saha, Marja Terttu ^b   Salo, Matti ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 59149095156     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2008.01110.x     Document Type: Article

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