Screening for body-weight disorders in Nigerian children using contrasting definitions

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 508-515

  Goon, D T ^a   Toriola, A L ^a   Shaw, B S ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Body mass index; CDC and IOTF charts; children

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY BUILD; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCREENING; SEX RATIO; STUDENT T TEST; BODY WEIGHT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MASS SCREENING; OVERWEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NIGERIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 77954068691     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2009.00682.x     Document Type: Article

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