Obesity in k-8 students - New York city, 2006-07 to 2010-11 school years

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 60, Issue 49, 2011, Pages 1673-1678

  Berger, Magdalena ^a   Konty, Kevin ^a   Day, Sophia ^a   Silver, Lynn D ^a   Nonas, Cathy ^a   Kerker, Bonnie D ^a   Greene, Carolyn ^a   Farley, Thomas ^a  

^a NEW YORK CITY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW YORK CITY; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 84255198567     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: 1545861X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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