Prevalence of childhood obesity from 1978 to 2007 in Japan

Pediatrics International

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 213-217

  Yoshinaga, Masao ^a   Ichiki, Tomoko ^a   Tanaka, Yuji ^a   Hazeki, Daisuke ^a   Horigome, Hitoshi ^b   Takahashi, Hideto ^b   Kashima, Katsuro ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KAGOSHIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Obesity; Population; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; INFANCY; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77950249691     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2009.02930.x     Document Type: Article

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