Overweight and obesity among adolescents in Norway: cultural and socio-economic differences
Open Access
- 11 July 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 30 (3), 258-265
- https://doi.org/10.1093/pubmed/fdn037
Abstract
Background The aim of this study was to investigate overweight and obesity among a representative population of 15 966 Norwegian 15–16 year olds and the associations with different socio-economic and cultural risk factors.Keywords
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