Underweight, overweight and obesity in boys and girls at the age of 7-18 years from the Podlaskie Province (Poland) in the years 1986 and 2006

Saczuk Jerzy; Wasiluk Agnieszka

doi:10.2478/bjha-2014-0024

Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity (Dec 2014)

Underweight, overweight and obesity in boys and girls at the age of 7-18 years from the Podlaskie Province (Poland) in the years 1986 and 2006

Saczuk Jerzy,
Wasiluk Agnieszka

Affiliations

Saczuk Jerzy: Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in BialaPodlaska, Poland Department of Anthropology and Anthropomotorics
Wasiluk Agnieszka: Jozef Pilsudski University of Physical Education in Warsaw, Poland Faculty of Physical Education and Sport in BialaPodlaska, Poland Department of Anthropology and Anthropomotorics

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/bjha-2014-0024
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 6, no. 4
pp. 259 – 266

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Background: The objective of this study was to determine changes in the group size of girls and boys with proper BMI values and their peers with underweight, overweight and obesity in a twenty-year time span.

Published in Baltic Journal of Health and Physical Activity

ISSN: 2080-1297 (Print); 2080-9999 (Online)
Publisher: Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu w Gdansku
Country of publisher: Poland
LCC subjects: Geography. Anthropology. Recreation: Recreation. Leisure: Sports
Website: http://www.balticsportscience.com

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