Which factors increase the risk of an infant becoming an overweight child?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 383-384

  Rowland, Kate ^a   Wallace, Rick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING EDUCATION; CHILD; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HIGH BIRTH WEIGHT; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PARENTAL SMOKING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SHORT SURVEY; SOCIAL STATUS; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTICE; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BOTTLE FEEDING; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FAMILY PRACTICE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL WELFARE; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 67650487041     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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