Obesity and related factors in 7-12 year-old elementary school students during 2009-2010 in Sari, Iran

Medicinski Glasnik

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 86-90

  Behzadnia, Salar ^a   Vahidshahi, Koorosh ^a   Hosseini, Seyyed Hamzeh ^a   Anvari, Shideh ^a   Ehteshami, Sara ^a  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Elementary students; Obesity; Related factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; FAST FOOD; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS;

CHILD; FAST FOODS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84857735123     PISSN: 18400132     EISSN: 18402445     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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