Empirical changes in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among Chinese Students from 1985 To 2010 and corresponding preventive strategies

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-12

  Ji, Cheng Ye ^a   Chen, Tian Jiao ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese school aged children; Obesity; Prevalence; Socioeconomic status; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CHILD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874445469     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3967/0895-3988.2013.01.001     Document Type: Article

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