Prevalence of overweight and obesity among school children and adolescents in Chennai

Indian Pediatrics

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 544-549

  Jagadesan, Sonya ^a   Harish, Ranjani ^a   Miranda, Priya ^a   Unnikrishnan, Ranjit ^a   Anjana, Ranjit Mohan ^a   Mohan, Viswanathan ^a  

^a MADRAS DIABETES RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (India)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Body mass index; Hypertension; Nutritional status

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STUDENT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INDIA; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; STUDENTS;

EID: 84905867012     PISSN: 00196061     EISSN: 09747559     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13312-014-0444-6     Document Type: Article

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