Overweight and lifestyle behaviors of low socioeconomic elementary school children in Buenos Aires
Open Access
- 24 February 2009
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Pediatrics
- Vol. 9 (1) , 17
Abstract
There is growing interest in understanding the role that lifestyle behaviors play in relation to children's weight status. The objective of the study was to determine the association between children s BMI and dietary practices and maternal BMI.Keywords
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