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| Title |
Obesity prevalence estimates in a Canadian regional population of preschool children using variant growth references
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Pediatrics, February 2011
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2431-11-21 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Laurie K Twells, Leigh A Newhook |
| Abstract |
Childhood obesity is a public health problem in Canada. Accurate measurement of a health problem is crucial in defining its burden. The objective of this study is to compare the prevalence estimates of overweight and obesity in preschool children using three growth references. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 74 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1 | 1% |
| Spain | 1 | 1% |
| Brazil | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 71 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 19% |
| Researcher | 10 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Professor > Associate Professor | 6 | 8% |
| Other | 22 | 30% |
| Unknown | 7 | 9% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 27 | 36% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 9 | 12% |
| Psychology | 7 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 14% |
| Unknown | 8 | 11% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 August 2022.
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#6,405,394
of 22,755,127 outputs
Outputs from BMC Pediatrics
#1,212
of 2,991 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#34,085
of 108,374 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Pediatrics
#4
of 13 outputs
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So far Altmetric has tracked 2,991 research outputs from this source. They typically receive more attention than average, with a mean Attention Score of 7.6. This one has gotten more attention than average, scoring higher than 58% of its peers.
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