Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in elementary schoolchildren in the metropolitan region of Tunis, Tunisia

Tunisie Medicale

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 50-54

  Boukthir, Samir ^a   Essaddam, Leila ^a   Mrad, Sonia Mazigh ^a   Hassine, Lamia Ben ^a   Gannouni, Souha ^a   Nessib, Fayrouz ^a   Bouaziz, Asma ^a   Brini, Ines ^b   Sammoud, Azza ^a   Bouyahya, Olfa ^a   Zouari, Bechir ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TUNIS EL MANAR   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Child nutrition; Epidemiology; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factor; Science

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TUNISIA;

EID: 79551703172     PISSN: 00414131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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