Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 203-208

  El Mouzan, Mohammad I ^a   Foster, Peter J ^b   Al Herbish, Abdullah S ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah A ^a   Al Omer, Ahmad A ^c   Qurachi, Mansour M ^d   Kecojevic, Tatjana ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Australia   (Saudi Arabia)

^d Al Yamama Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 77952298717     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.62833     Document Type: Article

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