Are overweight children more likely to be overweight adults?

Journal of Family Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 431-432

  Kathleen, Rowland ^a   Coffey, John ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; CHILD; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NOTE; OBESITY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT COUNSELING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; MALE; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 68349100254     PISSN: 00943509     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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