Stunting is a major risk factor for overweight: Results from national surveys in 5 Arab countries

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 549-562

  El Taguri, A ^a,b   Besmar, F ^a   Abdel Monem, A ^c   Betilmal, I ^d   Ricour, C ^a   Rolland Cachera, M F ^e  

^a HÔPITAL NECKER ENFANTS MALADES   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c League of Arab States   (Egypt)

^d WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^e Centre de Recherche en Nutrition Humaine Ile de France   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DJIBOUTI; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOROCCO; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STUNTING; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; URBAN AREA; YEMEN;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD NUTRITION DISORDERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DJIBOUTI; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LIBYA; MALE; MOROCCO; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYRIA; YEMEN;

EID: 69949182438     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2009.15.3.549     Document Type: Article

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