Overweight and obesity among school children in Jordan: Prevalence and associated factors

Maternal and Child Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 424-431

  Khader, Yousef ^a   Irshaidat, Omama ^a   Khasawneh, Mohammad ^b   Amarin, Zouhair ^b   Alomari, Mousa ^a   Batieha, Anwar ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Children; Jordan; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MONEY; OBESITY; PATERNAL BEHAVIOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 63149089300     PISSN: 10927875     EISSN: 15736628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10995-008-0362-0     Document Type: Article

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