Further stabilization and even decrease in the prevalence rates of overweight and obesity in German children and adolescents from 2005 to 2015: a cross-sectional and trend analysis

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2017, Pages 3075-3083

  Keß, Annette ^a   Spielau, Ulrike ^a   Beger, Christoph ^a   Gausche, Ruth ^a   Vogel, Mandy ^a   Lipek, Tobias ^a   Körner, Antje ^a   Pfäffle, Roland ^a   Kiess, Wieland ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Childhood obesity; Prevalence; Stabilizing trend; Trend analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 85030845245     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980017002257     Document Type: Article

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