Overweight is more prevalent than stunting and is associated with socioeconomic status, maternal obesity, and a snacking dietary pattern in school children from Bogotá, Colombia

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 139, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 370-376

  McDonald, Christine M ^a   Baylin, Ana ^b   Arsenault, Joanne E ^a   Mora Plazas, Mercedes ^c   Villamor, Eduardo ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; COLOMBIA; DIETARY INTAKE; FAST FOOD; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TELEVISION; EATING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS;

CANIS FAMILIARIS;

BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLOMBIA; EATING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 60249083399     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.108.098111     Document Type: Article

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