Prevalence, disparities, and trends in obesity and severe obesity among students in the Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, School District, 2006-2010

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2012, Pages

  Robbins, Jessica M ^a   Mallya, Giridhar ^a   Polansky, Marcia ^b   Schwarz, Donald F ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; STUDENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FINANCING, GOVERNMENT; FOOD SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; PHILADELPHIA; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOLS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84870476914     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd9.120118     Document Type: Article

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