Shrinking due to corpulence? BMI in childhood predicts subsequent linear growth among US children and youth, 1963-1970

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 432-438

  Sunder, Marco ^a  

^a HALLE INSTITUTE FOR ECONOMIC RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Growth; Height; Maturation; NHES

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD HEALTH; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEIGHT; MATURATION; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DETERMINATION BY SKELETON; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 47949108771     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014460802232706     Document Type: Article

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