Childhood overweight and maturational timing in the development of adult overweight and fatness: The newton girls study and its follow-up

Pediatrics

Volumn 116, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 620-627

  Must, Aviva ^a,b   Naumova, Elena N ^a   Phillips, Sarah M ^a   Blum, Miriam ^b   Dawson Hughes, Bess ^b   Rand, William M ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Maturation; Menarche; Obesity; Overweight; Puberty

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MENARCHE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEXUAL MATURATION; ADULT; AGE; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MENARCHE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 33644612183     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 00314005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2004-1604     Document Type: Article

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