Overweight and obesity in children starting school in Augsburg: prevalence and influencing factors.
Introduction: A comprehensive approach to the prevention of overweight and obesity requires identifying the socioeconomic and cultural factors involved. This study set out to determine the prevalence of overweight and obesity among children starting school in Augsburg, Germany. Another aim was to ex...
| Publicado en: | Deutsches Ärzteblatt International Vol. 105; no. 51/52; pp. 883 - 890 |
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Deutscher Aerzte-Verlag GmbH
12/22/2008
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