Prevalence of obesity, overweight and thinness in Australian children and adolescents by socioeconomic status and ethnic/cultural group in 2006 and 2012

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 819-828

  O’Dea, Jennifer A ^a   Dibley, Michael J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Children; Culture; Ethnicity; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence; SES

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; BLACK PERSON; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PREVALENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS;

EID: 84919657774     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0605-3     Document Type: Article

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