Television viewing as a cause of increasing obesity among children in the United States, 1986-1990

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 150, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 356-362

  Gortmaker, Steven L ^a   Must, Aviva ^b   Sobol, Arthur M ^a   Peterson, Karen ^a   Colditz, Graham A ^a   Dietz, William H ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; TELEVISION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029872723     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.1996.02170290022003     Document Type: Article

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