School level correlates with adiposity in 9-10 year old children

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 710-716

  Harrison, Flo ^a   Bentham, Graham ^a   Jones, Andrew P ^a   Cassidy, Aedín ^a   van Sluijs, Esther M F ^b   Griffin, Simon J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Britain; Environment; Fat mass; Obesity; School

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; GENDER RELATIONS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OBESITY;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL VARIABLE; OBESITY; POLICY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL ENVIRONMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ENGLAND; NORFOLK [ENGLAND]; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79955712455     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2011.01.009     Document Type: Article

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