Gender, ethnic and school type differences in overweight and energy balance-related behaviours among Dutch adolescents

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 371-380

  Van Der Horst, Klazine ^a,b   Oenema, Anke ^a   Te Velde, Saskia J ^c   Brug, Johannes ^c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Diet; Education; Ethnicity; Gender; Overweight; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BICYCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPUTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENERGY BALANCE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPORT; TELEVISION VIEWING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION; WALKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COMPUTERS; ENERGY METABOLISM; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 70450194680     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160902953066     Document Type: Article

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