Long-term changes in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Czech 7-year-old children: Evaluation of different cut-off criteria of childhood obesity

Obesity Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 483-491

  Kunesova M ^a   Vignerova J ^b   Parizkova J ^a   Prochazka B ^c   Braunerova R ^a   Riedlova J ^b   Zamrazilova H ^a   Hill, M ^a   Blaha P ^d   Steflova A ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^c Paediatric Clinic   (Czech Republic)

^d CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^e Regional Office of WHO   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Childhood obesity; COSI; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CZECH REPUBLIC; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE STANDARDS; REFERENCE VALUES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79959225128     PISSN: 14677881     EISSN: 1467789X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-789X.2011.00870.x     Document Type: Article

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