Secular trends in body mass index measurements in preschool children from the City of Aachen, Germany

European Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 162, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-109

  Herpertz Dahlmann, Beate ^a   Geller, Frank ^b   Böhle, Corinna ^c   Khalil, Corinna ^c   Trost Brinkhues, Gabriele ^c   Ziegler, Andreas ^b   Hebebrand, Johannes ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

^c Public Health Service   (Germany)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Preschool children; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; GERMANY; GROWTH; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; TIME;

EID: 0037323580     PISSN: 03406199     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00431-002-1056-z     Document Type: Article

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