Stable prevalence of obesity in Swedish schoolchildren from 2008 to 2013 but widening socio-economic gap in girls

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 103, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1277-1284

  Moraeus, Lotta ^a   Lissner, Lauren ^a   Sjöberg, Agneta ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Children; Obesity; Socio economic status; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SWEDEN; THINNESS;

EID: 84938872309     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 16512227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/apa.12785     Document Type: Article

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