Prevalence of overweight and obesity among Iranian school children in different ethnicities

Iranian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-520

  Mirmohammadi, Seyed Jalil ^a   Hafezi, Rahmatollah ^a   Mehrparvar, Amir Houshang ^a   Rezaeian, Bibiseyedeh ^a   Akbari, Hamed ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BAQIYATALLAH UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

BMI; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight; School children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO;

EID: 83455195526     PISSN: 10184406     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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