Weight status in the first 6 months of life and obesity at 3 years of age

Pediatrics

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1177-1183

  Taveras, Elsie M ^a,b   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Belfort, Mandy B ^a,b   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Oken, Emily ^a   Gillman, Matthew W ^a,c  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth size; Early infancy; Obesity; Weight for length

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BREAST FEEDING; INFANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; TIME; WEIGHT GAIN;

BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PROBABILITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 65349194390     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-1149     Document Type: Article

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