Secular trends in body mass index in German children and adolescents: a cross-sectional data analysis via CrescNet between 1999 and 2006

Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental

Volumn 57, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 934-939

  Meigen, Christof ^a   Keller, Alexandra ^a   Gausche, Ruth ^a   Kromeyer Hauschild, Katrin ^c   Blüher, Susann ^b   Kiess, Wieland ^b   Keller, Eberhard ^a  

^a CrescNet gGmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY GROWTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CLINICAL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE;

EID: 44949176249     PISSN: 00260495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.metabol.2008.02.008     Document Type: Article

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