Massively obese adolescents were of normal weight at the age of adiposity rebound

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1309-1310

  Peneau S ^a,b,c,d   Thibault, H ^e,f   Rolland Cachera, M F ^a,b,c,d,g  

^a Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique   (France)

^b Unité de Recherches Mesures Physiques Métrologie   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS 13   (France)

^d CRNH IdF   (France)

^e INSERM   (France)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^g Unité de Surveillance et D'Epidémiologie Nutritionnelle   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; LETTER; METABOLISM; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; OBESITY, MORBID; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649789091     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.93     Document Type: Letter

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