Decrease in the prevalence of paediatric adiposity in Switzerland from 2002 to 2007

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 806-811

  Aeberli, Isabelle ^a,b   Ammann, Rachel S ^a   Knabenhans, Marisa ^a   Molinari, Luciano ^c   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a,d  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^d WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity prevalence; Overweight; Switzerland; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AWARENESS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77953664167     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009991558     Document Type: Article

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