Evaluating the evidence that the prevalence of childhood overweight is plateauing

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 343-346

  Townsend, N ^a   Rutter, H ^a   Foster, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FRANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84867307659     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00070.x     Document Type: Article

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