Ability to delay gratification at age 4 years and risk of overweight at age 11 years

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 303-308

  Seeyave, Desiree M ^a   Coleman, Sharon ^b   Appugliese, Danielle ^b   Corwyn, Robert F ^c   Bradley, Robert H ^c   Davidson, Natalie S ^a   Kaciroti, Niko ^a   Lumeng, Julie C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS AT LITTLE ROCK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONTROL; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CONTROL, INFORMAL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 64349118912     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2009.12     Document Type: Article

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