Differences in Body Build in Children of Different Ethnic Groups and their Impact on the Prevalence of Stunting, Thinness, Overweight, and Obesity

Food and Nutrition Bulletin

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-13

  Poh, Bee Koon ^a   Wong, Jyh Eiin ^a   Norimah, A Karim ^a   Deurenberg, Paul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b Lighthouse Training and Consultancy   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

body build; body mass index; children; ethnicity; nutrition; obesity; stunting; thinness

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; BODY CONDITION; BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; ETHNIC GROUP; NUTRITION; OBESITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

MALAYSIA;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SOMATOTYPE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALAYSIA; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SOMATOTYPES; THINNESS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84973407103     PISSN: 03795721     EISSN: 15648265     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0379572115626025     Document Type: Article

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