Weight status in childhood as a predictor of becoming overweight or hypertensive in early adulthood

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 163-169

  Field, Alison E ^a,b   Cook, Nancy R ^c   Gillman, Matthew W ^b,d  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Children; Hypertension; Incidence; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BOSTON; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 20644458757     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.21     Document Type: Article

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