Thin adolescents: Who are they? What do they do? Socio-demographic and use-of-time characteristics

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 51, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 253-258

  Ferrar, Katia ^a   Olds, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Socio demographics; Thinness; Use of time; Youth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 79959769301     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2010.07.001     Document Type: Article

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