Trends in thinness prevalence among adolescents in ten European countries and the USA (1998-2006): A cross-sectional survey

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2207-2215

  Lazzeri, Giacomo ^a   Rossi, Stefania ^a   Kelly, Colette ^b   Vereecken, Carine ^c   Ahluwalia, Namanjeet ^d   Giacchi, Mariano V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

Author keywords

Adolescents; BMI; Graded thinness; Trend; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH TRANSITION; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; THINNESS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84910644380     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013002541     Document Type: Article

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