Overweight in school-aged children and its relationship with demographic and lifestyle factors: Results from the WHO-Collaborative Health Behaviour in School-aged Children (HBSC) Study

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 54, Issue SUPPL. 2, 2009, Pages

  Haug, Ellen ^a   Rasmussen, Mette ^b   Samdal, Oddrun ^a   Iannotti, Ron ^c   Kelly, Colette ^d   Borraccino, Alberto ^e,n   Vereecken, Carine ^f   Melkevik, Ole ^a   Lazzeri, Giacomo ^g   Giacchi, Mariano ^g   Ercan, Oya ^h   Due, Pernille ⁱ   Ravens Sieberer, Ulrike ^j   Currie, Candace ^k   Morgan, Antony ^l   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^m   Maes, Lea ⁿ   Hublet, Anne ⁿ   Janssen, Ian ⁿ   Freeman, John ⁿ   Krch, František David ⁿ   Damsgaard, Mogens Trab ⁿ   Holstein, Bjørn ⁿ   Aasvee, Katrin ⁿ   Valimaa, Raili ⁿ   Godeau, Emmanuelle ⁿ   Ottova, Veronika ⁿ   Kokkev, Anna ⁿ   Fotiou, Anastasios ⁿ   Niclasen, Birgit ⁿ   Nemeth, Agnes ⁿ   Unak, Kjartan ⁿ   Cavallo, Franco ⁿ   Dalmasso, Paola ⁿ   Rossi, Stefania ⁿ   Baldassari, Daniela ⁿ   ter Bogt, Tom ⁿ   Torsheim, Torbjoern ⁿ   Kololo, Hanna ⁿ   Tabak, Izabela ⁿ   Inchley, Jo ⁿ   Nansel, Tonja ⁿ   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^h ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^j UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^l KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^m INSERM   (France)

ⁿ NONE

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Author keywords

Eating patterns; Overweight prevalence; Physical activity; School children; Sedentary behaviours

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DEMOGRAPHY; EATING HABIT; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATVIA; LIFESTYLE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SITTING; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 69249202449     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-5408-6     Document Type: Article

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