Secular trends in overweight and obesity among Finnish adolescents in 1977–1999
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Summary
Overweight and obesity increased remarkably among Finnish adolescents from 1977 to 1999, with changes concentrated at the upper end of the BMI distribution, suggesting that factors behind this development have influenced only a part of the adolescent population.
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- article
- Published
- 2002-04-01
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- 266
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- 44
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Keywords
Overweight, Percentile, Body mass index, Obesity, Medicine
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