Risk factors associated with overweight and obesity among urban school children and adolescents in Bangladesh: A case-control study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bhuiyan, Mejbah Uddin ^a,b   Zaman, Shahaduz ^a,c   Ahmed, Tahmeed ^a,d  

^a BRAC UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Icddr B   (Bangladesh)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Centre for Nutrition and Food Security icddr b   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Physical activity; Risk factors; School children; Sedentary activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECREATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; SLEEP TIME; TELEVISION; URBAN AREA; FOLLOW UP; LIFESTYLE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OVERWEIGHT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; RECREATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84877829499     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-13-72     Document Type: Article

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