Prevalence of overweight, obesity and physical activity levels in children from Azores Islands

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 682-691

  Pereira, Sofia A ^a   Seabra, André T ^a   Silva, Rui G ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^b   Beunen, Gaston P ^c   Maia, José A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Azores; Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; OBESITY; WEIGHT;

AGE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SPORT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AZORES; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SPORTS;

AZORES; PORTUGAL;

EID: 77956065594     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014461003639223     Document Type: Article

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