Growth and weight status of rural texas school youth

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 71-77

  Duran, Mary ^a   Gillespie, Joe ^a   Malina, Robert M ^a,b   Little, Bertis B ^a  

^a TARLETON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; TEXAS; THINNESS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84871322044     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: 15206300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.22343     Document Type: Article

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