Parental Smoking and Education as Determinants of Overweight in Israeli Children

Parental Smoking and Education as Determinants of Overweight in Israeli Children

Introduction Obesity is a well-recognized risk factor for many chronic diseases. Pediatric overweight is an especially severe problem because its childhood onset increases the overall length of exposure to the detrimental effects of overweight, accelerates the onset of chronic disease, and affects...

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Main Authors: Michael Huerta, MD, MPH, Haim Bibi, MD, Jacob Haviv, MD, MPH, Shimon Scharf, MD, MPH, Michael Gdalevich, MD, MPH
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2006-03-01
Series:Preventing Chronic Disease
Subjects:
chronic disease
prevention
public health
parental smoking
overweight
Israli children
Online Access:http://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2006/apr/05_0126.htm

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