Decreasing trends in overweight and obesity among an Australian population of preschool children

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 916-924

  Nichols, M S ^a   Silva Sanigorski, A D ^a,b   Cleary, J E ^c   Goldfeld, S R ^c   Colahan, A ^c   Swinburn, B A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Victorian Department of Education and Early Childhood Development   (Australia)

Author keywords

early childhood; epidemiology; prevalence; socioeconomic status; trends

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNDERWEIGHT;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; VICTORIA;

EID: 79960266991     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.64     Document Type: Article

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