Pediatric adiposity stabilized in Switzerland between 1999 and 2012

European Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 865-875

  Murer, Stefanie B ^a,c   Saarsalu, Siret ^a   Zimmermann, Michael B ^a   Aeberli, Isabelle ^a,b  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c NONE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Body fat percentage; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Trends; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; EPIDEMICS; HEALTH SURVEY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SWITZERLAND; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84907414665     PISSN: 14366207     EISSN: 14366215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00394-013-0590-y     Document Type: Article

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