Secular changes in BMI and obesity risk in Japanese children: Considerations from a morphologic perspective

Open Obesity Journal

Volumn 3, Issue , 2011, Pages 9-16

  Kagawa, Masaharu ^a,b   Hills, Andrew P ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

BMI; Body proportions; Children; Japan; Secular change

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LEG LENGTH; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79955056495     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18768237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1876823701103010009     Document Type: Article

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