Prevalence of obesity in children: Comparing children from the south carolina pediatric practice research network with a national sample

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 750-755

  Roberts, James R ^a   Kennedy, Shannon A ^a   Darden, Paul M ^b   Basco Jr , William T ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

children; obesity; overweight; South Carolina

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; ETHNICITY; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; GENDER; HISPANIC; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955108980     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810364655     Document Type: Article

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