Serial cross-sectional analysis of prevalence of overweight and obese children between 1998 and 2003 in Leeds, UK, using routinely measured data

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 56-61

  Edwards, Kimberley L ^a   Clarke, Graham P ^a   Ransley, Joan K ^a   Cade, Janet E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Routinely measured data; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79251616471     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980010001849     Document Type: Article

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