Risk factors for overweight in 2- to 6-year-old children in Beijing, China

Jiang, Jing-xiong; Rosenqvist, Urban; Wang, Huishan; Greiner, Ted; Ma, Yi; Michael Toschke, André

doi:10.1080/17477160600699391

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Risk factors for overweight in 2- to 6-year-old children in Beijing, China

Published in International Journal of Pediatric Obesity • Jan 1, 2006

Authors:

Jing-xiong Jiang

Urban Rosenqvist

Huishan Wang

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To assess the prevalence of overweight among Chinese preschool children and to explore risk factors of childhood obesity focusing on parental characteristics, feeding practice and lifestyle. METHODS: Data on 930 families with 2- to 6-year-old children in five kindergartens were obtained i...

Subject

Overweight

Medicine

Obesity

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