Prevalence of thinness in children and adolescents in the Seychelles: Comparison of two international growth references

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Bovet, Pascal ^a,b   Kizirian, Nathalie ^b   Madeleine, George ^a   Blössner, Monika ^c   Chiolero, Arnaud ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Seychelles)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEYCHELLES; AGE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS; SEYCHELLES; THINNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79958069679     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-65     Document Type: Article

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