Prevalence of overweight in kindergarten children in the centre of Israel - Association with lifestyle habits

Child: Care, Health and Development

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 147-152

  Pinhas hamiel, Orit ^a,b   Bar zvi, E ^b   Boyko, V ^b   Reichman, B ^a,b   Lerner geva, L ^b  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Eating habits; Kindergarten; Obesity; Physical activity; Sedentary activity

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAMILY LIFE; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; KINDERGARTEN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SITTING; SOCIOECONOMICS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PARENT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FAMILY HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 65249174576     PISSN: 03051862     EISSN: 13652214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2008.00905.x     Document Type: Article

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