Epidemiologic and physiologic approaches to understanding the etiology of pediatric obesity: Finding the needle in the haystack

Pediatric Research

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 646-652

  Reilly, John J ^a   Ness, Andrew R ^b   Sherriff, Andrea ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETRY; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CALORIC INTAKE; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY EXPENDITURE; EPIDEMIC; HUMAN; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNDERWEIGHT; WEIGHT GAIN; ENERGY METABOLISM; METABOLISM;

CHILD; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; OBESITY;

EID: 34249066697     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/pdr.0b013e3180536667     Document Type: Review

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