Is the prevalence of overweight and obesity declining among 4-year-old Swedish children?

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 98, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1956-1958

  Bergström, Erik ^a   Blomquist, Hans Kson ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Children; Obesity; Overweight; Trend

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN;

EID: 71049193427     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2009.01490.x     Document Type: Article

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