Body mass index, family lifestyle, physical activity and eating behavior on a sample of primary school students in a small town of western Sicily

Italian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 205-217

  Sidoti, Enza ^a   Mangiaracina, Patrizia ^a   Paolini, Gabriele ^a   Tringali, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Eating behavior; Obesity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

EID: 70449570974     PISSN: 17237815     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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