Overweight and waist circumference among Norwegian 11-year-olds and associations with reported parental overweight and waist circumference: The HEIA study

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 38, Issue 5_suppl, 2010, Pages 19-27

  Bjelland, M ^a   Lien, N ^a   Bergh, I H ^b   Grydeland, M ^a,b   Anderssen, S A ^b   Klepp, K I ^a   Ommundsen, Y ^b   Andersen, L F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN SCHOOL OF SPORT SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

Adolescents; anthropometric measures; body mass index; cross sectional; obesity; overweight; parents; prevalence; socio economic status; waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NORWAY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79952050531     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494810385036     Document Type: Article

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