Risk factors for childhood obesity in a Greek paediatric population

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1535-1539

  Papandreou, Dimitrios ^a   Malindretos, Pavlos ^b   Rousso, Israel ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Volos   (Greece)

Author keywords

Children; Greece; Obesity; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SUGAR INTAKE; TELEVISION;

ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGES; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; DIETARY SUCROSE; EXERCISE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; TELEVISION;

EID: 77957244534     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009993156     Document Type: Article

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