The association between changes in height and obesity in Chilean preschool children: 1996-2004

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1012-1022

  Stanojevic, Sanja ^a,c   Kain, Juliana ^b   Uauy, Ricardo ^a,b  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Growth; Nutrition transition; Stunting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY HEIGHT; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHILE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34248398047     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.611     Document Type: Article

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