Overweight and obesity in a representative sample of schoolchildren - exploring the urban-rural gradient in Sweden

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 305-314

  Sjoberg A ^a   Moraeus, L ^a   Yngve, A ^b,c   Poortvliet, E ^b   Al Ansari, U ^b   Lissner, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c OSLO METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Education; Urbanization; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SWEDEN; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; URBANIZATION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SWEDEN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79954947940     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2010.00838.x     Document Type: Review

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