Further increase of obesity prevalence in Chinese children and adolescents - cross-sectional data of two consecutive samples from the city of Shanghai from 2003 to 2008

Pediatric Diabetes

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 572-577

  Zhang, Miaoying ^a   Guo, Fengxia ^b   Tu, Yuezhen ^c   Kiess, Wieland ^d   Sun, Chengjun ^a   Li, Xi ^a   Lu, Wei ^a   Luo, Feihong ^a  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b The Center of Disease Control and Prevention in Xuhui District   (China)

^c The Center of Disease Control and Prevention in Minhang District   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood; Epidemiology; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBURBAN AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84868197045     PISSN: 1399543X     EISSN: 13995448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-5448.2012.00877.x     Document Type: Article

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