Combination of low birth weight and high adult body mass index: At what age is it established and what are its determinants?

Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health

Volumn 57, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 969-973

  Power, C ^a   Li, L ^a   Manor, O ^b   Davey Smith, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEALTH RISK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD GROWTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; PREGNANCY; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 0346216099     PISSN: 0143005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jech.57.12.969     Document Type: Article

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