Prevalence and Trends of Severe Obesity Among US Children and Adolescents

Academic Pediatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 322-329

  Skelton, Joseph A ^a   Cook, Stephen R ^a   Auinger, Peggy ^a   Klein, Jonathan D ^a   Barlow, Sarah E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

adolescents; children; morbid obesity; nutrition surveys; trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH CARE; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBID OBESITY; OBESITY; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, MORBID; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70149096351     PISSN: 18762859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.acap.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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