Prevalence of overweight, obesity and central obesity among elementary school children in Birjand, East of Iran, 2012

Journal of Research in Health Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 157-161

  Taheri, Fatemeh ^a   Kazemi, Toba ^b   Chahkandi, Tayebeh ^a   Namakin, Kokab ^a   Zardast, Mahmoud ^a   Bijari, Bita ^a  

^a BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b BIRJAND UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Abdominal obesity; Iran; Obesity; Overweight; Students

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; AGE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELEMENTARY STUDENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84884222879     PISSN: 16822765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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