Rural-urban differences in overweight and obesity among a large sample of adolescents in Ontario

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 351-360

  Ismailov, Rovshan M ^a   Leatherdale, Scott T ^a,b,c  

^a Cancer Care Ontario ^*  (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Obesity; Ontario; Overweight; Urbanization

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY IMAGE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CANADA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF REPORT; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77954787249     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903449994     Document Type: Article

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