Changes in the obesity phenotype within Canadian children and adults, 1981 to 2007-2009

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 916-919

  Janssen, Ian ^a   Shields, Margot ^b   Craig, Cora L ^c   Tremblay, Mark S ^d,e  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADIAN; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHENOTYPE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

SANDFLY FEVER SICILIAN VIRUS;

EID: 84859214413     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2011.122     Document Type: Article

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