Sociodemographic and economic determinants of overweight and obesity for public-school children in Geneva State, Switzerland: A cross-sectional study | Zendy

Émilien Jeannot | Zendy; Per Bo Mahler | Zendy; Nadia Elia | Zendy; Bernard Cerruti | Zendy; P Chastonnay | Zendy

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Sociodemographic and economic determinants of overweight and obesity for public-school children in Geneva State, Switzerland: A cross-sectional study

Author(s) -

Émilien Jeannot,

Per Bo Mahler,

Nadia Elia,

Bernard Cerruti,

P Chastonnay

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

international journal of preventive medicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.539

H-Index - 39

eISSN - 2008-8213

pISSN - 2008-7802

DOI - 10.4103/2008-7802.156836

Subject(s) - overweight , medicine , socioeconomic status , obesity , cross sectional study , odds ratio , logistic regression , public health , demography , confidence interval , body mass index , odds , childhood obesity , environmental health , multivariate analysis , pediatrics , gerontology , population , nursing , pathology , sociology

Obesity among children and adolescents is a growing public health problem. The purpose of this study is to assess the prevalence, socioeconomic and demographic determinants of overweight and obesity in schoolchildren from Geneva

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