Overweight and obesity in infants and pre-school children in the European Union: A review of existing data

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 389-398

  Cattaneo, A ^a   Monasta, L ^a   Stamatakis, E ^b   Lioret, S ^c   Castetbon, K ^d   Frenken, F ^e   Manios, Y ^f   Moschonis, G ^f   Savva, S ^g   Zaborskis, A ^h   Rito, A I ⁱ   Nanu, M ^j   Vignerova J ^k   Caroli, M ^l   Ludvigsson, J ^m   Koch, F S ^m   Serra Majem, L ⁿ   Szponar, L ^o   Van Lenthe, F ^p   Brug, J ^q  

^a INSTITUTE FOR MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH IRCCS BURLO GAROFOLO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c French Agency for Food Environmental and Occupational Health Safety (ANSES)   (France)

^d National Institute for Health Surveillance   (France)

^e Division of Social and Spatial Statistics   (Netherlands)

^f HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^g Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h KAUNAS UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Lithuania)

ⁱ NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^j Institute for Mother and Child Care Alfred Rusescu   (Romania)

^k NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^l Dipartimento di Prevenzione   (Italy)

^m LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁿ UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^o NATIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^p ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^q VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Europe; Obesity; Pre school children; Review

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL RESEARCH; OBESITY; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; TREND STUDY; UNITED KINGDOM; VIRGIN ISLANDS (BRITISH);

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEDLINE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 77951110088     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00639.x     Document Type: Review

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