Rural-urban comparison in prevalence of overweight and obesity among adolescents in Shandong, China

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 294-297

  Zhang, Ying Xiu ^a   Wang, Shu Rong ^b  

^a Shandong Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b Shandong Blood Center   (China)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH RISK; OBESITY; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL-URBAN COMPARISON; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 84877709695     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.772654     Document Type: Article

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