Prevalence and risk factors for overweight and obesity in a populatlon of Italian schoolchildren: A longitudinal study

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 979-984

  Fuiano, N ^a   Rapa, A ^b   Monzani, A ^b   Pietrobelli, A ^c   Diddi, G ^a   Limosani, A ^a   Bona, Gianni ^b  

^a Pediatric Unit   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c University Medical School   (Italy)

Author keywords

Children; Longitudinal study; Obesity; Overweight; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OCCUPATION; PREDICTION; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 59849116941     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03345635     Document Type: Article

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