Behavioural and socio-demographic characteristics of Dutch neighbourhoods with high prevalence of childhood obesity

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 298-305

  De Jong, Elske ^a,b   Schokker, Dieuwke F ^a,b,c   Visscher, Tommy L S ^a,b   Seidell, Jacob C ^a,b   Renders, Carry M ^a,b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Local Health Services (GGD) Region IJsselland   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Health behaviour; Neighbourhood; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAL; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIODEMOGRAPHY; TELEVISION VIEWING; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT BEHAVIOR; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960367667     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.583659     Document Type: Article

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