Impact of using national v. international definitions of underweight, overweight and obesity: An example from Kuwait

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2074-2078

  El Ghaziri, Mira ^a   Boodai, Shurooq ^a   Young, David ^b   Reilly, John J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescent; BMI; Child; Obesity; Overweight; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; OBESITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REFERENCE VALUES; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857089779     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980011001285     Document Type: Article

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