Obesity prevalence and tracking of body mass index after a 6 years follow up study in children and adolescents: The cuenca study, Spain;Prevalencia de la obesidad y mantenimiento del estado ponderal tras un seguimiento de 6 años en niños y adolescentes: Estudio de Cuenca

Medicina Clinica

Volumn 119, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 327-330

  Martínes Vizcaíno, Francisco ^a   Salcedo Aguilar, Fernando ^a   Rodríguez Artalejo, Fernando ^b   Martínez Vizcaíno, Vicente ^c   Domínguez Contreras, M Luz ^a   Torrijos Regidor, Rosana ^a  

^a Centro de Salud Cuenca I   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Body mass index; Child; Follow up studies; Obesity; Prevalence; Tracking

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PREPUBERTY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX RATIO; SOCIAL ASPECT; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SPAIN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0037152048     PISSN: 00257753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-7753(02)73406-4     Document Type: Article

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