Trends in overweight and obesity in Danish children and adolescents: 2000-2008 – exploring changes according to parental education

Scandinavian Journal of Public Health

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 385-392

  Matthiessen, Jeppe ^a   Biltoft Jensen, Anja ^a   Fagt, Sisse ^a   Groth, Margit Velsing ^a   Stockmarr, Anders ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Denmark; development; obesity; Scandinavia; social disparity; socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX RATIO;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DENMARK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84901266867     PISSN: 14034948     EISSN: 16511905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1403494813520356     Document Type: Article

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