Measurement and long-term health risks of child and adolescent fatness

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 507-526

  Power, C ^a   Lake, J K ^a   Cole, T J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Childhood; Measures; Morbidity; Mortality; Obesity; Review; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY BUILD; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; DATA BASE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; RISK; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 0030916288     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0800454     Document Type: Review

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