Growth pattern of overweight preschool children in the Siouxland WIC program

American Journal of Human Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 769-776

  May, Richard ^a   Barber, Jackie ^b   Simpson, Tracy ^a   Winders, Nicole ^a   Kuhler, Karen ^a   Schroeder, Sharon ^b  

^a SOUTHERN OREGON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MORNINGSIDE COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CALCULATION; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDBIRTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INCOME; INFANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; POSTNATAL DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; IOWA; MALE; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; PROBABILITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0036829104     PISSN: 10420533     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.10094     Document Type: Article

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