Childhood obesity and associated factors in a rural Greek island

Rural and Remote Health

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Athanasopoulos, D T ^a   Garopoulou, A I ^a   Dragoumanos, V P ^b  

^a Vouvaleio General Hospital   (Greece)

^b TZANEIO GENERAL HOSPITAL OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

Author keywords

BMI; Greek island; Obesity prevalence; Schoolchildren

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GREECE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857075472     PISSN: 14456354     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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