A national study on weight classes among children in Greenland at school entry

Autor: Nicolai Hardenberg Larsen, Karsten Fleischer Rex, Michael Lynge Pedersen, Hanne Lynge Rex, Birgit Niclasen

Publikováno v: International Journal of Circumpolar Health, Vol 73, Iss 0, Pp 1-6 (2014)
International Journal of Circumpolar Health
International Journal of Circumpolar Health; Vol 73 (2014)
Rex, K F, Larsen, N H, Rex, H, Niclasen, B & Pedersen, M L 2014, ' A national study on weight classes among children in Greenland at school entry ', International Journal of Circumpolar Health, vol. 73, 25537 . https://doi.org/10.3402/ijch.v73.25537

Objectives . To estimate the proportion of gender-specific thinness, overweight and obesity among children born in 2005 at school entry in Greenland and to compare figures between the capital, Nuuk, with the rest of Greenland. Study design . A cross-

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Forty-five year trends in overweight and obesity in an indigenous arctic Inuit Society in transition and spatiotemporal trends

Autor: Stig, Andersen, Karsten Fleischer, Rex, Paneeraq, Noahsen, Hans Christian Florian, Sørensen, Nicolai Hardenberg, Larsen, Gert, Mulvad, Peter, Laurberg

Publikováno v: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 26(4)

Overweight and obesity associate with increased morbidity and premature death. Westernization of societies heralds rising obesity rates. A steep increase in body mass index (BMI) and overweight in Greenland from 1963 to 1998 led us to follow-up on he

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