Changes in BMI and waist circumference among primary and secondary school students from 2005 to 2010 in Anhui, China

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 201-204

  Zhao, Yu Qiu ^a,b   Zu, Ping ^a,b   Zhu, Peng ^a,b   Sun, Ying ^a,b   Wu, Xiao Yan ^a,b   Xu, Shao Jun ^a,b   Tao, Fang Biao ^a,b  

^a ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ANHUI PROVINCIAL KEY LABORATORY OF POPULATION HEALTH AND ARISTOGENICS   (China)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Obesity; Students; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; OBESITY; PRIMARY EDUCATION; SECONDARY EDUCATION; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE; STUDENT; TEMPORAL PERIOD;

ANHUI; CHINA;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STUDENTS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84898749486     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2013.836242     Document Type: Article

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