Predictors of Overweight in Children in Grades Six Through Eight
The rate of overweight in children is increasing at an alarming rate. The IOM (2005) estimated 9 million children over the age of six in the United States are obese. Between 1980 and 2002 the CDC (2002) estimated the rate of childhood obesity has doubled for adolescents ages 12 to 19 years (7% to 1...
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Scholarly Repository
2007
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| Online Access: | http://scholarlyrepository.miami.edu/oa_dissertations/10 |