Age-specific stabilization in obesity prevalence in German children: A cross-sectional study from 1999 to 2008

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Blüher, Susann ^a   Meigen, Christof ^b   Gausche, Ruth ^b   Keller, Eberhard ^b   Pfåffle, Roland ^a   Sabin, Matthew ^c   Werther, George ^c   Odeh, Rasha ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age groups; Childhood obesity; Intervention programs; Prevalence; Stabilizing trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGING; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79959929803     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2010.526305     Document Type: Article

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