Trends of body mass index distribution in schoolchildren in Sendai, Japan, 1989-2003

Obesity Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-27

  Kurokawa, Naoyuki ^a   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Suzuki, Keita ^a   Sugawara, Norio ^a   Sakurai, Kozue ^a   Ohba, Takashi ^a   Shimada, Miyuki ^a   Kameo, Satomi ^a   Nakatsuka, Haruo ^b   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Distribution; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT CHANGE;

EID: 60649121940     PISSN: 1871403X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2008.10.002     Document Type: Article

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