Overweight among New Zealand adolescents: Associations with ethnicity and deprivation

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 461-466

  Utter, Jennifer ^a   Denny, Simon ^a   Crengle, Sue ^a   Ameratunga, Shanthi ^a   Robinson, Elizabeth ^a   Clark, Terryann ^a   Percival, Teuila ^a   Maddison, Ralph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Adolescent; ethnicity; New Zealand; obesity; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 78249253637     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477160903568439     Document Type: Article

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