Differences in weight status and energy-balance related behaviors among schoolchildren across Europe: The ENERGY-project

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4 Aprial, 2012, Pages

  Brug, Johannes ^a   Van Stralen, Maartje M ^a   Te Velde, Saskia J ^a   Chinapaw, Mai J M ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^b   Lien, Nanna ^c   Bere, Elling ^d   Maskini, Victoria ^e   Singh, Amika S ^a   Maes, Lea ^b   Moreno, Luis ^f   Jan, Nataša ^g   Kovacs, Eva ^h   Lobstein, Tim ⁱ   Manios, Yannis ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AGDER   (Norway)

^e HAROKOPIO UNIVERSITY   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g Slovenian Heart Foundation   (Slovenia)

^h UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

ⁱ IASO IOTF   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84865840698     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034742     Document Type: Article

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