Secular increases in relative weight and adiposity among children over two decades: The Bogalusa Heart Study

Pediatrics

Volumn 99, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 420-426

  Freedman, David S ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^b   Valdez, Rodolfo A ^b   Williamson, David F ^c   Berenson, Gerald S ^b,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^d Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; OBESITY; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030900718     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.99.3.420     Document Type: Article

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