Prevalence of stunting, underweight, overweight and obesity in adolescents in Velsk district, north-west Russia: A cross-sectional study using both international and Russian growth references

Public Health

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 392-397

  Khasnutdinova, S L ^a   Grjibovski, A M ^a,b,c  

^a NORTHERN STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; Overweight; Russia; Stunting; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; BODY MASS; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RETARDATION; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; RURAL AREA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION;

RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RURAL POPULATION; RUSSIA; THINNESS;

EID: 77954174226     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2010.03.017     Document Type: Article

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