Birth size, early childhood growth, and adolescent obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 1274-1282

  Monteiro, P O A ^a   Victora, C G ^a   Barros, F C ^b   Monteiro, L M A ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b PAHO   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Birthweight; Cohort; Obesity; Overweight; Rapid early growth

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; BRAZIL; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; OBESITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKINFOLD; SOCIOECONOMICS; TRICEPS BRACHII MUSCLE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 0142029053     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802409     Document Type: Article

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