Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 62-69, January 2010

Body Weight Statuses and Their Sociodemographic Correlates Among Adolescents in Southern Taiwan: Results Using Two Sets of Cutoff References

  • Cheng-Fang Yen, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Ray C. Hsiao, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
    • Department of Psychiatry, Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle, Washington
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  • Ju-Yu Yen, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Chih-Hung Ko, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Shu-Chun Liu, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Chi-Fen Huang, M.S.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
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  • Shing-Yaw Wang, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Shing-Yaw Wang, M.D., Department of Psychiatry, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital, No. 100, Tzyou 1st Road, Kaohsiung 807, Taiwan, R.O.C.

Received 14 November 2008; accepted 29 May 2009. published online 29 July 2009.

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PII: S1054-139X(09)00217-1

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.05.015

Journal of Adolescent Health
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 62-69, January 2010

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