The prevalence of overweight and obesity among Danish school children

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 489-491

  Soren K ^a   Jo, C ^a  

^a Department of Health ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

Children; Denmark; obesity; prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; OVERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77954073101     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00732.x     Document Type: Article

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