Children at high risk for overweight: A classification and regression trees analysis approach

Obesity Research

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1270-1274

  Toschke, André Michael ^a   Beyerlein, Andreas ^a   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Diet; Energy metabolism; Epidemiology; Feeding behavior; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 33644664217     PISSN: 10717323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2005.151     Document Type: Article

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