A five year longitudinal study investigating the prevalence of childhood obesity: Comparison of BMI and waist circumference

Public Health

Volumn 127, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1090-1096

  Griffiths, C ^a   Gately, P ^a   Marchant, P R ^a   Cooke, C B ^a  

^a LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BMI; Central obesity; Children; Longitudinal; Obesity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; OBESITY;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST TO HEIGHT RATIO;

EID: 84889577034     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: 14765616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.puhe.2013.09.020     Document Type: Article

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