Body mass index, waist circumference and skin-fold thickness in 12- to 14-year-old Dutch adolescents: Differences between 2003 and 2011

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2014, Pages e137-e140

  Van Nassau, F ^a   Singh, A S ^a   Van Mechelen, W ^a   Brug, J ^a   Chinapaw, M J M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anthropometry; children; obesity; time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ARTICLE; BICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DUTCHMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SUBSCAPULARIS MUSCLE; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; MANAGEMENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SCHOOL; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; POLICY MAKING; PREVALENCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; TIME FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84939468592     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.233     Document Type: Article

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