Invited commentary: Antecedents of obesity - Analysis, interpretation, and use of longitudinal data

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 166, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 14-16

  Gillman, Matthew W ^a,b   Kleinman, Ken ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Body mass index; Body size; Growth; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BODY MASS; BODY SIZE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GROWTH; OBESITY;

ANALYTIC METHOD; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHILD GROWTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; REVIEW; ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; FEMALE; NOTE; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; OBESITY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 34547582043     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwm101     Document Type: Review

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