Maternal obesity is associated with younger age at obesity onset in U.S. adolescent offspring followed into adulthood

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2790-2796

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Adair, Linda S ^a,b   Suchindran, Chirayath M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b IL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Ethnic minorities; Family history; Longitudinal

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILD; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ASIAN AMERICAN; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; ONSET AGE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULT CHILDREN; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE OF ONSET; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; SOCIAL CLASS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38049080061     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.331     Document Type: Article

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