TY - JOUR AU - Kesztyüs, Dorothea AU - Wirt, Tamara AU - Kobel, Susanne AU - Schreiber, Anja AU - Kettner, Sarah AU - Dreyhaupt, Jens AU - Kilian, Reinhold AU - Steinacker, Jürgen M. AU - The “Komm mit in das gesunde Boot - Grundschule” - Research Group PY - 2013 DA - 2013/03/22 TI - Is central obesity associated with poorer health and health-related quality of life in primary school children? Cross-sectional results from the Baden-Württemberg Study JO - BMC Public Health SP - 260 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - Childhood obesity and its consequences are a growing threat to national economies and health services. The aim of this study was to determine associations between waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) as a measure of central obesity, and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and absenteeism of primary school children in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-260 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-13-260 ID - Kesztyüs2013 ER -