Using a representative sample of elementary school students to determine the statewide prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Utah

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Nellist, Karen ^a   Coats, Karen ^a   Friedrichs, Mike ^a  

^a UTAH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES;

CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UTAH;

EID: 73349083404     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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