Prevalence of obesity among 10-11-year-old Maltese children using four established standards

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Decelis, A ^a,b   Fox, K ^b   Jago, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Sex differences

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL OBESITY TASK FORCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; SCHOOL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX DIFFERENCES;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MALTA; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES;

EID: 84885198478     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2013.00191.x     Document Type: Article

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