Weight among children born 2005-2011 in Nuuk at the time of school entry

• Published in: International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Main Authors: Anders Egede Sandager Budtz, Anna Rask Lynge, Cathrine Sandager Budtz, Michael Lynge Pedersen
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2019
• Subjects: overweight; obesity; body mass index; school children; nuuk; greenland; family medicine; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Arctic; Greenland; Nuuk; Circumpolar Health; International Journal of Circumpolar Health
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2019.1618667; https://doaj.org/article/2184449e98474c558955d3f6e27e2b5c

The aim of this study was to explore weight status among children born between 2005–2011 at the time of their school entry in Nuuk, and separately to compare weight status between Nuuk and the rest of Greenland among children born in 2011. Study method was an observational study based on data from t...