Prevalence of overweight and obesity in European children below the age of 10

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 38, Issue , 2014, Pages S99-S107

  Ahrens, W ^a,b   Pigeot, I ^a,b   Pohlabeln, H ^a   De Henauw, S ^c   Lissner, L ^d   Molnar D ^e   Moreno, L A ^f   Tornaritis, M ^g   Veidebaum, T ^h   Siani, A ⁱ  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PÉCS   (Hungary)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ZARAGOZA   (Spain)

^g Research and Education Institute of Child Health   (Cyprus)

^h NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

ⁱ CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY COMPOSITION; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; EUROPE; HEALTH SURVEY; LIFESTYLE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84922153732     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2014.140     Document Type: Article

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