Development of body composition and its relationship with physical activity in healthy Swedish children : A longitudinal study until 4.5 years of age including evaluation of methods to assess physical activity and energy intake

Childhood obesity according to the World Health Organization is one of the most serious public health challenges of the 21st century. The proportion of childhood obesity is high both globally and in Sweden. This is of great concern since obese children tend to stay obese in adulthood. In order to de...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henriksson, Hanna
Format: Doctoral Thesis
Language:English
Published: Linköpings universitet, Avdelningen för kliniska vetenskaper 2015
Online Access:http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-117420
http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:isbn:978-91-7519-093-8 (print)