Prevalence and secular trends in overweight and obese Taiwanese children and adolescents in 1991-2003

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 176-185

  Liou, Tsan Hon ^a   Huang, Yi Ching ^b   Chou, Pesus ^c  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TAIWAN; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 61749102236     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802691174     Document Type: Article

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