Risk factors for childhood obesity: Shift of the entire BMI distribution vs. shift of the upper tail only in a cross sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Toschke, André M ^a,b   Von Kries, Rüdiger ^b   Beyerlein, Andreas ^b   Rückinger, Simon ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE VARIABLE; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SMOKING; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MOTHER; OBESITY; PARENT; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELEVISION VIEWING; WEIGHT GAIN; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; INFANT; MALE; SMOKING; TELEVISION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTS; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; TELEVISION; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 42249093858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-115     Document Type: Article

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