TY - JOUR AU - Keane, Eimear AU - Kearney, Patricia M. AU - Perry, Ivan J. AU - Kelleher, Cecily C. AU - Harrington, Janas M. PY - 2014 DA - 2014/10/14 TI - Trends and prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland from 2002-2012: a systematic review JO - BMC Public Health SP - 974 VL - 14 IS - 1 AB - The prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in developed countries appears to be levelling off. As trends in childhood obesity prevalence have not been examined over the past decade in the Republic of Ireland, this systematic review aims to compile and synthesise all available information on the prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school aged children between 2002 and 2012. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-14-974 DO - 10.1186/1471-2458-14-974 ID - Keane2014 ER -