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An Age-Structured Model for Childhood Obesity |
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| Authors: | GILBERTO GONZÁLEZ-PARRA LUCAS JÓDAR FRANCISCO JOSÉ SANTONJA RAFAEL JACINTO VILLANUEVA |
| Institution: | 1. Departamento de Cálculo , Universidad de los Andes , Mérida, Venezuela gilgonpa@doctor.upv.es;3. Instituto Universitario de Matemática Multidisciplinar , Universidad Politécnica de Valencia , Spain |
| 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 |