Updated prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in 4- to 10-year-old children in Germany. Results from the telephone-based KiGGS Wave 1 after correction for bias in parental reports

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 176, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 547-551

  Brettschneider, Anna Kristin ^a   Schienkiewitz, Anja ^a   Schmidt, Steffen ^b   Ellert, Ute ^a   Kurth, Bärbel Maria ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Children; KiGGS Wave 1; Obesity; Overweight; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH SURVEY; PARENT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; TELEPHONE;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; PARENTS; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TELEPHONE;

EID: 85011004490     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: 14321076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-017-2861-8     Document Type: Article

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