Concept information
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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community health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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health services
preventive health services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
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health care management
health care facilities, manpower, and services
health promotion
health promotion and disease prevention
social science subjects
health and social care
health psychology
epidemiology of risk and protective factors
Preferred term
prevention of childhood obesity
Definition
- Obesity is a serious and growing threat to children's health. The 1998 estimates of the prevalence of obesity (defined as having a body mass index [BMI] > 95th percentile) in children ages 6 to 17 years was approximately 11%, with an additional 14% identified as overweight (85th–95th percentiles). [Source: Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science; Obesity, Prevention in Childhood]
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URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-MQNMMK93-3
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