Prevalence of childhood and adolescent overweight and obesity in Benue State, Nigeria

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1369-1375

  Musa, Danladi I ^a   Toriola, Abel L ^b   Monyeki, Makama A ^c   Lawal, Badamasi ^d  

^a BENUE STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Chronic disease risk factors; Gender differences; Geographical location; Obesity; Overweight; Public health

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; AGE CLASS; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DATA INTERPRETATION; DISEASE PREVALENCE; GENDER ROLE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; TREND ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GENDER; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; LEAN BODY WEIGHT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY SCHOOL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; URBAN AREA;

CHRONIC DISEASE RISK FACTORS; DIFERENCIAS DE GÉNERO; DIFFÉRENCES ENTRE LES SEXES; FACTEURS DE RISQUE DE MALADIES CHRONIQUES; FACTORES DE RIESGO ENFERMEDAD CRÓNICA; GENDER DIFFERENCES; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION; LOCALIZACIÓN GEOGRÁFICA; OBÉSITÉ; OBESIDAD; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALUD PÚBLICA; SANTÉ PUBLIQUE; SITUATION GÉOGRAPHIQUE; SOBREPESO; SURPOIDS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NIGERIA; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL HEALTH; SEX FACTORS; URBAN HEALTH;

BENUE; NIGERIA;

EID: 84867917909     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03083.x     Document Type: Article

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