Relationship between 8/9-yr-old school children BMI, parents' BMI and educational level: A cross sectional survey

Nutrition Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Lazzeri, Giacomo ^a   Pammolli, Andrea ^a   Pilato, Valentina ^a   Giacchi, Mariano V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

childhood; educational level; obesity; parents' nutritional status; underweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOLOGY; BODY COMPOSITION; ITALY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 79960555182     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2891-10-76     Document Type: Article

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