Adjusted population attributable fractions and preventable potential of risk factors for childhood obesity

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 902-906

  Toschke, André Michael ^a,b   Rückinger, Simon ^a   Böhler, Eva ^c   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body weights and measures; Energy metabolism; Feeding behaviour; Growth and development; Nutritional and metabolic diseases; Prevention and control

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; DEMOGRAPHY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; NURSE; OBESITY; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; TELEVISION VIEWING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

EID: 34547743254     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S136898000725846X     Document Type: Article

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