Does routine surveillance of children's height and weight provide a sufficiently reliable means for monitoring the obesity epidemic?

R. S. Levine; A. M. Connor; R. G. Feltbower; M. Robinson; M. C.J. Rudolf

doi:10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.001

Does routine surveillance of children's height and weight provide a sufficiently reliable means for monitoring the obesity epidemic?

R. S. Levine, A. M. Connor, R. G. Feltbower, M. Robinson, M. C.J. Rudolf

University of Leeds

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Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1117-1119
Number of pages	3
Journal	Public Health
Volume	122
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2007.11.001
State	Published - Oct 2008
Externally published	Yes

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Funding Information:
The latter was collected in the context of the TRENDS project; an exercise supported by the Department of Health's Priority and Needs Funding. 3 Its purpose was to develop a school-based monitoring scheme that would provide simplicity, reproducibility and cost-effectiveness to monitor trends in childhood obesity in the City of Leeds, but also suitable for national implementation throughout the UK.

Funding

The latter was collected in the context of the TRENDS project; an exercise supported by the Department of Health's Priority and Needs Funding. 3 Its purpose was to develop a school-based monitoring scheme that would provide simplicity, reproducibility and cost-effectiveness to monitor trends in childhood obesity in the City of Leeds, but also suitable for national implementation throughout the UK.

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