Childhood overweight prevalence in the United States: The impact of parent-reported height and weight

Obesity

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1574-1580

  Akinbami, Lara J ^a,b   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b U S PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PARENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OVERWEIGHT; PARENTS; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67749124263     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2009.1     Document Type: Article

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