Weight status of adolescents in secondary schools in port Harcourt using Body Mass Index (BMI)

Italian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Adesina, Adesuwa F ^a   Peterside, Oliemen ^b   Anochie, Ifeoma ^c   Akani, Nwadiuto A ^c  

^a Department of Paediatrics   (Nigeria)

^b Niger Delta University Teaching Hospital   (Nigeria)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORT HARCOURT   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Weight status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EATING HABIT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; STUNTING; TELEVISION VIEWING; UNDERWEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SNACKS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TELEVISION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864698743     PISSN: 17208424     EISSN: 18247288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1824-7288-38-31     Document Type: Article

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