Disparities in obesity temporal trends of Israeli adolescents by ethnic origin

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Gross, Revital ^a,b   Brammli Greenberg, Shuli ^a   Rabinowitz, Jonathan ^b   Gordon, Barak ^c,d   Afek, Arnon ^c,e  

^a Myers JDC Brookdale Institute   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c Israeli Defense Force ^*  (Israel)

^d Branch of Medical Classification and Occupational Medicine   (Israel)

^e TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Disparities; Ethnicity; Israel; Obesity; Population based data; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; EASTERN EUROPE; ETHNICITY; HUMAN; ISRAEL; JEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOUTH AMERICA; TREND STUDY; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; ISRAEL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960011744     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2010.500389     Document Type: Article

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