Tracking overweight and obesity in Japanese children; a six years longitudinal study

Journal of Medical Investigation

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 114-123

  Nakano, Takuro ^a   Sei, Masako ^a   Ewis, Ashraf A ^a   Munakata, Hokuma ^a   Onishi, Chiemi ^a   Nakahori, Yutaka ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adolescent health; Childhood obesity; Japanese school children; Longitudinal studies; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 77749252345     PISSN: 13431420     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2152/jmi.57.114     Document Type: Article

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