Trends in excess weight and thinness among Spanish schoolchildren in the period 1992-2004: The Cuenca study

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1015-1018

  Martínez Vizcaíno, Vicente ^a   Sánchez López, Mairena ^a   Moya Martínez, Pablo ^a   Solera Martinez, Montserrat ^a   Pacheco, Blanca Notario ^a   Salcedo Aguilar, Fernando ^b   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

^b Family and Community Medicine Teaching Unit   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dual burden; Excess weight; Schoolchildren; Spain; Thinness

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SCHOOL CHILD; SPAIN; WEIGHT GAIN; BODY MASS; CHILD NUTRITION; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGY PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SPAIN; THINNESS;

EID: 67651034385     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980008003571     Document Type: Article

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