Open AccessMeasuring the Prevalence of Overweight in Texas Schoolchildren
Author(s) -
Deanna M. Hoelscher,
R. Sue Day,
Eun Sul Lee,
Ralph F. Frankowski,
Steven H. Kelder,
Jerri L. Ward,
Michael E. Scheurer
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.94.6.1002
Subject(s) - overweight , body mass index , medicine , ethnic group , demography , eleventh , obesity , gerontology , pediatrics , physics , pathology , sociology , anthropology , acoustics
We describe results from year 1 of a surveillance system to monitor body mass index in children at the state level.