Evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing: Data from nine countries

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 5-6, 2011, Pages 342-360

  Olds, Tim ^a   Maher, Carol ^a   Zumin, Shi ^b,c   Péneau, Sandrine ^d   Lioret, Sandrine ^e   Castetbon, Katia ^f   Bellisle, ^d   De Wilde, Jeroen ^g   Hohepa, Maea ^h   Maddison, Ralph ⁱ   Lissner, Lauren ^j   Sjöberg, Agneta ^j   Zimmermann, Michael ^k   Aeberli, Isabelle ^k,l   Ogden, Cynthia ^m   Flegal, Katherine ^m   Summerbell, Carolyn ⁿ  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b JIANGSU PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

^d Unité de Recherche en Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle ^*  (France)

^e Healthy Pigs Production and Experimentation Section   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^g Municipal Health Service the Hague   (Netherlands)

^h Sport and Recreation New Zealand   (New Zealand)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^l UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^m CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁿ DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; International; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CHINA; FRANCE; HUMAN; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 80052880082     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2011.605895     Document Type: Review

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