Trends in Overweight and Obesity among Children and Adolescents in China from 1981 to 2010: A Meta-Analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages

  Yu, Zhangbin ^a   Han, Shuping ^a   Chu, Jiahui ^a   Xu, Zhongya ^a   Zhu, Chun ^a   Guo, Xirong ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TODDLER; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; PUBLICATION BIAS; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84871339680     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0051949     Document Type: Article

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