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Prevalence of obesity, overweight and thinness in Australian children and adolescents by socioeconomic status and ethnic/cultural group in 2006 and 2012

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  • Jennifer O’Dea
  • Michael Dibley

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The predictors of obesity and thinness were ethnically based, suggesting culturally appropriate interventions in socially and economically disadvantaged communities. Copyright Swiss School of Public Health 2014

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  • Jennifer O’Dea & Michael Dibley, 2014. "Prevalence of obesity, overweight and thinness in Australian children and adolescents by socioeconomic status and ethnic/cultural group in 2006 and 2012," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 59(5), pages 819-828, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ijphth:v:59:y:2014:i:5:p:819-828
    DOI: 10.1007/s00038-014-0605-3
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    1. Jennifer O’Dea & Michael Dibley, 2010. "Obesity increase among low SES Australian schoolchildren between 2000 and 2006: time for preventive interventions to target children from low income schools?," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 55(3), pages 185-192, June.
    2. Jennifer O’Dea & Trang Nguyen Hoang & Michael Dibley, 2011. "Plateau in obesity and overweight in a cross sectional study of low, middle and high socioeconomic status schoolchildren between 2004 and 2009," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 56(6), pages 663-667, December.
    3. Rafael Mikolajczyk & Matthias Richter, 2008. "Associations of behavioural, psychosocial and socioeconomic factors with over- and underweight among German adolescents," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 53(4), pages 214-220, August.
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    3. Miloš Ž. Maksimović & Jelena M. Gudelj Rakić & Hristina D. Vlajinac & Nadja D. Vasiljević & Jelena M. Marinković, 2016. "Relationship between health behaviour and body mass index in the Serbian adult population: data from National Health Survey 2013," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 61(1), pages 57-68, January.
    4. Adilson Marques & Margarida Gaspar Matos, 2016. "Trends in prevalence of overweight and obesity: are Portuguese adolescents still increasing weight?," International Journal of Public Health, Springer;Swiss School of Public Health (SSPH+), vol. 61(1), pages 49-56, January.

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