Season of birth and prevalence of overweight and obesity in Canada

Early Human Development

Volumn 84, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 539-547

  Wattie, Nick ^a   Ardern, Chris I ^a   Baker, Joseph ^a,b  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Birth date; Development; Seasonality

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OBESITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASON; SOCIAL STATUS; SPRING; SUMMER; WINTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CANADA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARTURITION; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEASONS;

EID: 49149104293     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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