Open AccessChildhood overweight and obesity: is the gap closing the wrong way?
Author(s) -
Huw Brunt,
Nathan Lester,
Gareth Davies,
Rhys Williams
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.916
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1741-3850
pISSN - 1741-3842
DOI - 10.1093/pubmed/fdn010
Subject(s) - overweight , obesity , townsend , medicine , demography , residence , body mass index , childhood obesity , public health , gerontology , pediatrics , endocrinology , physics , nursing , quantum mechanics , sociology
Obesity is a significant public health issue. Obese children have an increased risk of developing chronic adult diseases. Knowledge of socio-economic distribution trends in childhood overweight/obesity is limited.
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