Relationship between prevalence of childhood obesity in 17-year-olds and socioeconomic and environmental factors: Prefecture-level analysis in Japan

Asia-Pacific Journal of Public Health

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 159-169

  Sakai, Rie ^a,b  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescent nutrition; child public health; childhood obesity; socioeconomic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SMALL-AREA ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874921975     PISSN: 10105395     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1010539511416347     Document Type: Article

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