Trends of underweight and overweight/obesity among Japanese schoolchildren from 2003 to 2012, defined by body mass index and percentage overweight cutoffs

Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 482-488

  Shirasawa, Takako ^a   Ochiai, Hirotaka ^a   Nanri, Hinako ^a   Nishimura, Rimei ^b   Ohtsu, Tadahiro ^a   Hoshino, Hiromi ^a   Tajima, Naoko ^b   Kokaze, Akatsuki ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b JIKEI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Japanese; Percentage overweight; Schoolchildren; Secular trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; THINNESS;

EID: 84936943318     PISSN: 09175040     EISSN: 13499092     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2188/jea.JE20140144     Document Type: Article

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