Physical activity and body mass index of school children and adolescents in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

World Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-222

  Senbanjo, I O ^a   Oshikoya, K A ^a,b  

^a LAGOS STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

adolescents; body mass index; children; Nigeria; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MOTHER; NIGERIA; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; SAMPLING; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; NUTRITION DISORDERS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAMPLING STUDIES; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77956057944     PISSN: 17088569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12519-010-0209-9     Document Type: Article

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