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Mathematical Population Studies
An International Journal of Mathematical Demography
Volume 17, 2010 - Issue 1
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An Age-Structured Model for Childhood Obesity

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Pages 1-11 | Published online: 27 Jan 2010
 

Abstract

An age-structured model for childhood obesity at population level is fitted to empirical data in order to predict the proportion of overweighted and obese children in the 6–8 and 9–12 year old classes in the region of Valencia, Spain.

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The authors are grateful to the anonymous reviewers. We acknowledge the collaboration of the Oficina de Plan de Salud of the Conselleria de Sanitat of the Comunidad Valenciana.

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