Current status of childhood obesity and its associated morbidities in Turkey

JCRPE Journal of Clinical Research in Pediatric Endocrinology

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-7

  Bereket, Abdullah ^a   Atay, Zeynep ^a  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Childhood; Current status; Obesity

Indexed keywords

BREAST FEEDING; CHILDHOOD; COMORBIDITY; COMPUTER; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD INTAKE; HEREDITY; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; RACE; REVIEW; RURAL AREA; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SOCIAL STATUS; SUGAR INTAKE; TELEVISION; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN AREA; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLELITHIASIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DYSLIPIDEMIAS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TURKEY;

EID: 84858375900     PISSN: 13085727     EISSN: 13085735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4274/jcrpe.506     Document Type: Review

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