Association between overweight/obesity and academic performance in South Korean adolescents

Central European Journal of Public Health

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 179-183

  Kim, Jong Hyuck ^a   So, Wi Young ^b  

^a Soonchunhang University Bucheon Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul Women University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Academic performance; Adolescent; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SEX FACTORS; SLEEP; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84897910964     PISSN: 12107778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21101/cejph.a3853     Document Type: Article

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