Inter-relationships among childhood BMI, childhood height, and adult obesity: The Bogalusa Heart Study

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-16

  Freedman, D S ^a,c   Khan, L K ^a   Serdula, M K ^a   Dietz, W H ^a   Srinivasan, S R ^b   Berenson, G S ^b  

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

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Height; Longitudinal; Skinfolds; Weight

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CLASSIFICATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HEIGHT; HUMAN; INSULIN BLOOD LEVEL; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0942268781     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0802544     Document Type: Review

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