Dietary, lifestyle and socio-economic correlates of overweight, obesity and central adiposity in lebanese children and adolescents

Nutrients

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1038-1062

  Nasreddine, Lara ^a   Naja, Farah ^a   Akl, Christelle ^a   Chamieh, Marie Claire ^a   Karam, Sabine ^a   Sibai, Abla Mehio ^a   Hwalla, Nahla ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

Abdominal adiposity; Correlates; Diet; Eastern Mediterranean region; Lebanon; Obesity; Paediatric; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEBANON; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896099765     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20726643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/nu6031038     Document Type: Article

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