Obesity in school-aged children: Interpretation of the body mass index in a sample of children and adolescents in Rome

Clinica Terapeutica

Volumn 161, Issue SUPPL.4, 2011, Pages

  Ergasti, G ^a   Fovi, G ^b   Visalli, N ^c   d'Alessandro, E De Luca ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^b ASL Rieti   (Italy)

^c ASL Roma B   (Italy)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 84888029994     PISSN: 00099074     EISSN: 19726007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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