Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. The worldwide situation;Übergewicht und Adipositas bei Kindern und Jugendlichen: Die weltweite Situation

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 53, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 653-665

  Pigeot, I ^a   Buck, C ^a   Herrmann, D ^a   Ahrens, W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Competence Network on Obesity; Epidemiology of obesity; Geographic distribution; Prevalence of obesity; Reference systems; Young children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REFERENCE VALUE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78149246782     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-010-1082-3     Document Type: Article

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