Television viewing and sleep are associated with overweight among urban and semi-urban South Indian children

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Childhood obesity is an emerging problem in urban Indian children and increases in childhood overweight and obesity may be major contributors to the adult obesity epidemic. Thus, identifying potential risk factors for childhood obesi...

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Main Authors: Vaz Mario, Thomas Tinku, Bhat Swarnarekha, Kuriyan Rebecca, Kurpad Anura V
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-09-01
Series:Nutrition Journal
Online Access:http://www.nutritionj.com/content/6/1/25