Country-level and individual correlates of overweight and obesity among primary school children: A cross-sectional study in seven European countries

BMC Public Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Olaya, Beatriz ^a,b   Moneta, Maria Victoria ^a,b   Pez, Ondine ^c,d   Bitfoi, Adina ^e   Carta, Mauro Giovanni ^f   Eke, Ceyda ^g   Goelitz, Dietmar ^h   Keyes, Katherine M ⁱ   Kuijpers, Rowella ^j   Lesinskiene, Sigita ^k   Mihova, Zlatka ^l   Otten, Roy ^j,m   Fermanian, Christophe ^c   Haro, Josep Maria ^a,b   Kovess, Viviane ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^d Departmental House for Adolescents   (France)

^e Romanian League for Mental Health   (Romania)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^g Yeniden Health and Education Society   (Turkey)

^h University of Koblenz   (Germany)

ⁱ Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^j RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^k VILNIUS UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

^l NEW BULGARIAN UNIVERSITY   (Bulgaria)

^m NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Eastern and Western Europe; Individual and population level correlates; Obesity; Overweight; School children

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL; STATISTICAL MODEL;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPE; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84929310160     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-015-1809-z     Document Type: Article

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