Child nutritional status: A representative survey in a metropolitan school

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Rosati, Paolo ^a   Triunfo, Stefania ^a   Scambia, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD NUTRITION; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; AGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; ROME; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874623025     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/395671     Document Type: Article

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