Emerging obesity among preschool-aged Canadian inuit children: Results from the Nunavut Inuit Child Health Survey

International Journal of Circumpolar Health

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-157

  Galloway, Tracey ^a   Young, T Kue ^a   Egeland, Grace M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Child; Growth; Inuit; Obesity; Overweight; Preschool

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952905824     PISSN: 12399744     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ijch.v69i2.17437     Document Type: Article

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