Epidemiology of obesity in children

Adipose Tissue and Adipokines in Health and Disease: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 159-168

  Wang, Youfa ^a   Lim, Hyunjung ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Body mass index; Child; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988916597     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-62703-770-9_11     Document Type: Chapter

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