Trends in body mass index and waist circumference among New Zealand adolescents, 1997/1998-2005

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 378-382

  Utter, J ^a   Scragg, R ^a   Denny, S ^a   Schaaf, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescent; New Zealand; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 67651160596     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00583.x     Document Type: Article

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