Prevalence and trends in childhood obesity

Obesity Epidemiology: From Aetiology to Public Health

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages

  Lobstein, Tim ^a,b  

^a IOTF   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Health intervention; Obese children; Obesity trends; Overweight children; Public health practice

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921259753     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199571512.003.0001     Document Type: Chapter

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