Obesity Risk Factors in Turkish Children

Journal of Pediatric Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 332-337

  Garipagaoglu, Muazzez ^a,b,c   Budak, Nurten ^a,b,c   Süt, Necdet ^a,b,c   Akdikmen, Öznur ^a,b,c   Oner, Naci ^a,b,c   Bundak, Rüveyde ^a,b,c  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIET RECORDS; ENERGY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TURKEY;

EID: 67650732320     PISSN: 08825963     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedn.2008.04.003     Document Type: Article

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