Overweight among young children in the Philadelphia health care centers: Incidence and prevalence

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 161, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-20

  Robbins, Jessica M ^a   Khan, Khudsiya S ^a   Lisi, Louise M ^a   Robbins, Susan W ^a   Michel, Suzanne H ^a,b   Torcato, Brian R ^a  

^a PHILADELPHIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PHILADELPHIA; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 33845993596     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpedi.161.1.17     Document Type: Article

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