Prevalence of obesity in children aged 6-12 years in Greece: Nutritional behaviour and physical activity

Archives of Medical Science

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 859-864

  Kyriazis, Ioannis ^a   Rekleiti, Maria ^b   Saridi, Maria ^b   Beliotis, Emmanouil ^a   Toska, Aikaterini ^b   Souliotis, Kyriakos ^c   Wozniak, Greta ^d  

^a IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b General Hospital of Korinthos   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PELOPONNESE   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

Author keywords

Central obesity; Childhood obesity; Eating behaviour; Nutrition; Physical activity; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAD; CENTRAL OBESITY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FRUIT; GREECE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TELEVISION VIEWING; VEGETABLE;

EID: 84869823288     PISSN: 17341922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5114/aoms.2012.31296     Document Type: Article

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