A six decades long follow-up on body size in adolescents from Zagreb, Croatia (1951-2010)

Economics and Human Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 155-164

  Zajc Petranović, Matea ^a   Tomas, Željka ^a   Smolej Narančić, Nina ^a   Škarić Jurić, Tatjana ^a   Veček, Andrea ^b   Miličić, Jasna ^a  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ANTHROPOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Croatia)

^b Zagreb Institute of Public Health   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Body Mass Index; Gross Domestic Product; Height; Secular trend; Weight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BODY GROWTH; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENCE; ARTICLE; CROATIA; FOOD DEPRIVATION; FOOD SHORTAGE; HIGH SCHOOL;

BODY MASS INDEX; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HEIGHT; SECULAR TREND; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; CROATIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HUMAN DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; MALE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84896713136     PISSN: 1570677X     EISSN: 18736130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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