Defining overweight and obesity among Greek children living in Thessaloniki: International versus local reference standards

Hippokratia

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-146

  Christoforidis, Athanasios ^a   Dimitriadou, M ^a   Papadopolou, E ^a   Stilpnopoulou, D ^a   Katzos, G ^a   Athanassiou Metaxa, M ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Greek; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 79955371183     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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