An Age-Structured Model for Childhood Obesity

Gilberto Gonzalez-Parra, Lucas Jodar, Francisco Santonja and Rafael Villanueva

Mathematical Population Studies, 2010, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-11

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.

Keywords: age-structured population; childhood disease; obesity epidemic (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1080/07481180903467218

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