Child body mass index in four cities of East China compared to Western references
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Child body mass index in four cities of East China compared to Western references
BACKGROUND The rising trends in child obesity worldwide are poorly documented in China. AIM The present study compared the distribution of body mass index (BMI) by age in children from four cities in East China with Western references. SUBJECTS AND METHODS 94 370 boys and 90 048 girls aged 0-19 years from Shanghai, Jinan, Xuzhou and Hefei were measured in 1999-2004 for length/height and wei...
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عنوان ژورنال: Annals of Human Biology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 0301-4460,1464-5033
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802575641