Anthropometric changes in Sweden during the obesity epidemic - Increased overweight among adolescents of non-Nordic origin

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1119-1126

  Sjöberg, Agneta ^a   Hulthén, Lena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Growth reference; Migration; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 79960096266     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1651-2227.2011.02236.x     Document Type: Article

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