Childhood and parental obesity in the poorest district of Greece

Hippokratia

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-48

  Malindretos, P ^a   Doumpali, E ^b   Mouselimi, M ^b   Papamichail, N ^c   Doumpali, Ch ^b   Sianaba, O ^b   Orfanaki, G ^a   Sioulis, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General District Hospital of Filiates

^c 417 NIMITS General Hospital

Author keywords

BMI; Childhood obesity; Children; Children's parent obesity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICIAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 65949093306     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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