Predictive value of weight-for-age to identify overweight children

Obesity

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 3106-3112

  Stettler, Nicolas ^a,b,c   Zomorrodi, Arezoo ^b   Posner, Jill C ^b  

^a Division of Gastroenterology Hepatology and Nutrition   (Japan)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Childhood obesity; Epidemiology; Ethnic groups; Gender

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 39149141031     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2007.370     Document Type: Article

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