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ERIC Number: EJ351707
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1987
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0022-4391
A Three-Year Study of Obesity and its Relationship to High Blood Pressure in Adolescents.
Adeyanju, Matthew; And Others
Journal of School Health, v57 n3 p109-13 Mar 1987
A sample of 356 matched cases of overfat, overweight, and obese students were tracked for three years during high school to test the hypothesis that obese ninth grade students were more likely to be obese as twelfth-grade students than non-obese ninth graders were. Results are presented. (Author/MT)
Descriptors: Adolescents, Body Weight, Cardiovascular System, High Schools, Obesity, Racial Differences, Sex Differences
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Body Composition; Health Risk Appraisal; Illinois (Decatur)