Regional variation in prevalence of overweight and obesity in Saudi children and adolescents

Saudi Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 129-132

  El Mouzan, Mohammad ^a   Al Herbish, Abdullah ^a   Al Salloum, Abdullah ^a   Al Omar, Ahmad ^b   Qurachi, Mansour ^c  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Riyadh Regional Laboratory   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Al Yamama Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Obesity; prevalence of overweight; regional variations; Saudi children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHI SQUARE TEST; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE CONTROL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SAMPLE SIZE; SAUDI ARABIA; SCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84858982877     PISSN: 13193767     EISSN: 19984049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1319-3767.93818     Document Type: Article

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