Development of overweight in children in relation to parental weight and socioeconomic status

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 814-820

  Semmler, Claudia ^a   Ashcroft, Jo ^a,b   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^a   Carnell, Susan ^a,c   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Department of Neurology and the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; TWINS; UNITED KINGDOM;

BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; THINNESS;

EID: 63049131801     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2008.621     Document Type: Article

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