Prevalence of severe childhood obesity in England: 2006-2013

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 100, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 631-636

  Ells, Louisa J ^a,b   Hancock, Caroline ^b   Copley, Vicky R ^b   Mead, Emma ^a   Dinsdale, Hywell ^b   Kinra, Sanjay ^c   Viner, Russell M ^d   Rutter, Harry ^c  

^a TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; UNITED KINGDOM; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BLACK PERSON; OBESITY, MORBID; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY, MORBID; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84933178050     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2014-307036     Document Type: Article

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