Secular trends in height, weight and body mass index of primary school children in Turkey between 1993 and 2016

TOPÇU S., ORHON F., ULUKOL B., BAŞKAN S.

JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM, cilt.30, sa.11, ss.1177-1186, 2017 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 30 Sayı: 11
  • Basım Tarihi: 2017
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1515/jpem-2017-0189
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1177-1186
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: child obesity, growth, school children, secular trend, ECONOMIC-GROWTH, OBESITY, CHILDHOOD, CHINA, PREVALENCE, TRANSITION, NUTRITION, HEALTH, STATES, BMI
  • Ankara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Background: The aim of the study was to analyze the secular trends in height, weight and body mass index (BMI) of children in a Turkish primary school in a 23-year time interval.