Factors associated with overweight in children in Rasht, Iran: Gender, maternal education, skipping breakfast and parental obesity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 196-200

  Maddah, Moshen ^a   Nikooyeh, Bahareh ^a  

^a GUILAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Iran; Maternal education; Overweight; Parental obesity; Skipping breakfast

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 77449103280     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990589     Document Type: Article

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