Obesity and thinness prevalence trends in Spanish schoolchildren: are they two convergent epidemics?
Author(s) -
Miriam GarridoMiguel,
Vicente MartínezVizcaíno,
Ángel Herráiz-Adillo,
José Alberto MartínezHortelano,
Alba SorianoCano,
Ana DíezFernández,
Montserrat Solera-Martínez,
Mairena SánchezLópez
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.056
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1464-360X
pISSN - 1101-1262
DOI - 10.1093/eurpub/ckaa092
Subject(s) - medicine , overweight , demography , obesity , cohort , waist , cross sectional study , longitudinal study , cohort study , secular variation , pediatrics , gerontology , pathology , sociology
The objective of this study was to analyse the secular trends in body composition variables and weight status among Spanish schoolchildren from 1992 to 2017, and to examine the persistence in the same weight status category from 2013 to 2017 of the birth cohort in 2007-08.
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