Prevalence of obesity among Portuguese children (6-8 years old) using three definition criteria: COSI Portugal, 2008

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 413-422

  Rito, A ^a   Wijnhoven, T M A ^b   Rutter, H ^c   Carvalho, M A ^d   Paixao E ^a   Ramos, C ^d   Claudio, D ^e   Espanca, R ^f   Sancho, T ^g   Cerqueira, Z ^h   Carvalho, R ⁱ   Faria, C ^j   Feliciano, E ^k   Breda, J ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH DR RICARDO JORGE   (Portugal)

^b WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^c National Obesity Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^d Universidade Atlantica   (Portugal)

^e Regional Health Directorate of North   (Portugal)

^f Regional Health Directorate of Alentejo   (Portugal)

^g Regional Health Directorate of Algarve   (Portugal)

^h Regional Health Directorate of Centre   (Portugal)

ⁱ Regional Health Directorate of Azores   (Portugal)

^j Regional Health Directorate of Madeira   (Portugal)

^k The Lisbon and Tagus Valley Health Region Administration   (Portugal)

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Author keywords

Children; COSI; Obesity; Portugal

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AZORES; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PORTUGAL; RURAL POPULATION; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84872760240     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00068.x     Document Type: Article

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