Adult obesity and growth in childhood: Children who grow rapidly during childhood are more likely to be obese as adults

BMJ

Volumn 323, Issue 7325, 2001, Pages 1320-1321

  Law, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0035830028     PISSN: 09598138     EISSN: 14685833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.323.7325.1320     Document Type: Editorial

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