Changes in BMI and prevalence of obesity and overweight in children in Liverpool, 1998-2006

Perspectives in Public Health

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 127-131

  Boddy, Lynne M ^a   Hackett, Allan F ^a   Stratton, Gareth ^a  

^a LIVERPOOL JOHN MOORES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

2010 partnership agreement; BMI; Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; Liverpool schoolchildren; Obesity prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 65649147220     PISSN: 17579139     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1757913908094808     Document Type: Article

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