Prevalence of overweight, obesity, and thinness in cameroon urban children and adolescents

Journal of Obesity

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wamba, Ponce Cedric Fouejeu ^a   Enyong Oben, Julius ^a   Cianflone, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAMEROON; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; URBAN AREA; AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH; NUTRITION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CAMEROON; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITION SURVEYS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 84880318546     PISSN: 20900708     EISSN: 20900716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/737592     Document Type: Article

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