Does overweight in infancy persist through the preschool years? An analysis of CDC Pediatric Nutrition Surveillance System data

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 161-167

  Mei, Zuguo ^a   Grummer Strawn, Laurence M ^a   Scanlon, Kelley S ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Longitudinal; Obesity; Overweight; Preschool children; Relative risk; Weight for height

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHRONICITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0038454485     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-003-2022-x     Document Type: Article

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