Who european childhood obesity surveillance initiative 2008: Weight, height and body mass index in 6-9-year-old children

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 79-97

  Wijnhoven, T M A ^a,r   Van Raaij, J M A ^b,c   Spinelli, A ^d   Rito, A I ^e   Hovengen, R ^f   Kunesova, M ^g   Starc, G ^h   Rutter, H ⁱ   Sjberg A ^j   Petrauskiene, A ^k   O'Dwyer, U ^l   Petrova, S ^m   Farrugia Sant'Angelo, V ⁿ   Wauters, M ^o   Yngve, A ^p   Rubana, I M ^q   Breda, J ^a  

^a WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

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

^f NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^g INSTITUTE OF ENDOCRINOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^h UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

ⁱ National Obesity Observatory   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^k LITHUANIAN UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Lithuania)

^l Department of Health and Children ^*  (Ireland)

^m National Centre of Public Health and Analysis   (Bulgaria)

ⁿ Primary Health Care Department   (Malta)

^o Environmental Policy Division   (Belgium)

^p KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^q Public Health Agency   (Latvia)

^r WHO REGIONAL OFFICE FOR EUROPE   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUNTING; UNDERWEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84877262379     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00090.x     Document Type: Article

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