Ethnicity and childhood overweight/obesity in England

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Higgins, V ^a   Dale, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ethnic; Obesity; Overweight; Parent

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CARIBBEAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CARIBBEAN REGION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INDIA; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84863482576     PISSN: 20476310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00051.x     Document Type: Article

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