Five-year obesity incidence in the transition period between adolescence and adulthood: The National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 569-575

  Gordon Larsen, Penny ^a,b   Adair, Linda S ^a   Nelson, Melissa C ^a   Popkin, Barry M ^a  

^a University of North Carolina   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Longitudinal data analysis; Minority population; National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIA; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILDHOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ASIAN AMERICAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD NUTRITION; ETHNIC GROUP; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; NEGRO; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN AMERICANS; BODY MASS INDEX; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544249738     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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