Rising obesity and expanding waistlines in schoolchildren: A cohort study

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 235-237

  Rudolf, M C J ^a,f   Greenwood, D C ^b   Cole, T J ^c   Levine, R ^a   Sahota, P ^d   Walker, J ^e   Holland, P ^e   Cade, J ^b   Truscott, J ^b  

^a LEEDS AND YORK PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^f Belmont House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD; METHODOLOGY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 1542317521     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/adc.2002.020552     Document Type: Article

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