Overweight and obesity in children and adolescents: Results from the 2009 to 2011 Canadian health measures survey

Health Reports

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 3-7

  Roberts, Karen C ^a   Shields, Margot ^b   De Groh, Margaret ^a   Aziz, Alfred ^c   Gilbert, Jo Anne ^c  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

^b STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Child; Population surveillance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84872863227     PISSN: 08406529     EISSN: 12091367     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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