Prevalence and determinants of childhood overweight and obesity in European countries: Pooled analysis of the existing surveys within the IDEFICS Consortium

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 33, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1103-1110

  Pigeot, I ^a   Barba, G ^b   Chadjigeorgiou, C ^c   De Henauw, S ^d   Kourides, Y ^c   Lissner, L ^e   Marild, S ^f   Pohlabeln, H ^a   Russo, P ^b   Tornaritis, M ^c   Veidebaum, T ^g   Wawro, N ^a   Siani, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b Institute of Food Science   (Italy)

^c Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^f QUEEN SILVIA CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Blood pressure; Childhood obesity; Childhood overweight; Europe; Survey

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DATA BASE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PERINATAL CARE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SCHOOL CHILD; STANDARDIZATION; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FACTUAL DATABASE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDS; VALIDATION STUDY;

BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 70349977106     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.142     Document Type: Article

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