South Australia: South Australian Four-Year-Old Aboriginal Children - Residence And Socioeconomic Status Influence Weight

South Australia: South Australian Four-Year-Old Aboriginal Children - Residence And Socioeconomic Status Influence Weight   Nicola J. Spurrier, Robert E. Volkmer, Christina Abi Abdallah, and Alwin Chong, 2012   Objective: Obesity rates have increased in children in Australia in the past 15 years. However, there is little available population data describing rates of overweight and obesity in Aboriginal children.   Methods: Anthropometric data of four-year-old children (n=11,859)...

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