Prevalence of overweight and obesity among children aged 25 years in Bahrain: A comparison between two reference standards

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 414-416

  Al Raees, Ghada Y ^a   Al Amer, Maryam A ^a   Musaiger, Abdulrahman O ^b   D'Souza, Reshma ^b  

^a Ministry of Health   (Bahrain)

^b Bahrain Centre for Studies and Research   (Bahrain)

Author keywords

Bahrain; IOTF standards; Obesity; Overweight; Preschool children; WHO standards

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAHRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BAHRAIN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SEX FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70450161960     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160902763325     Document Type: Article

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