Stability of body mass index in Australian children: A prospective cohort study across the middle childhood years

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 303-309

  Hesketh, Kylie ^a   Wake, Melissa ^a   Waters, Elizabeth ^a   Carlin, John ^a   Crawford, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Body mass index; Children; Longitudinal study; Tracking

Indexed keywords

AGE; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; FEMALE; GROWTH CHART; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; LMS METHOD; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONITORING; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARENT; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT REDUCTION; Z SCORE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AUSTRALIA; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FORECASTING; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

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EID: 1842578404     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/PHN2003537     Document Type: Article

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