Two decades of annual medical examinations in Japanese obese children: Do obese children grow into obese adults?

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 912-921

  Kotani, K ^a   Nishida, M ^a   Yamashita, S ^a   Funahashi, T ^a   Fujioka, S ^b   Tokunaga, K ^c   Ishikawa, K ^d   Tarui, S ^e   Matsuzawa, Y ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY   (Japan)

^c Itami Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION KURE MEDICAL CENTER AND CHUGOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^e OTEMAE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Follow up study; Frequency; Obese children

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030868009     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800492     Document Type: Article

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