Overweight and obesity in 4-5-year-old children in New Zealand: Results from the first 4 years (2009-2012) of the B4School Check programme

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 334-343

  Rajput, Nitin ^a   Tuohy, Pat ^a   Mishra, Suryaprakash ^a   Smith, Ash ^a   Taylor, Barry ^b  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

B4School Check programme; BMI; New Zealand; obesity; overweight; pre school

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BOY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GIRL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI (PEOPLE); NEW ZEALAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STANDARD; TIME; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE; ETHNIC GROUP; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOCIAL CLASS;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 84924354862     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12716     Document Type: Article

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