Overweight among primary school-age children in Malaysia

Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 408-415

  Naidu, Balkish Mahadir ^a   Mahmud, Siti Zuraidah ^a   Ambak, Rashidah ^a   Sallehuddin, Syafinaz Mohd ^a   Mutalip, Hatta Abdul ^a   Saari, Riyanti ^a   Sahril, Norhafizah ^a   Hamid, Hamizatul Akmal Abdul ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

IOTF; Malaysia; National health and morbidity survey iii; Overweight; School children

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; CHINA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SCHOOLS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84883763737     PISSN: 09647058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6133/apjcn.2013.22.3.18     Document Type: Article

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