BMI screening and surveillance: An international perspective

Pediatrics

Volumn 124, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages

  James, William Philip Trehearne ^a,b   Lobstein, Tim ^b,c,d  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b International Task Force (ANSA)   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^d YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Growth; Obesity; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

BODY MASS; COMORBIDITY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; GROWTH; MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REFERENCE VALUE; REVIEW; RISK; SCREENING; VALIDITY; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; OBESITY; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 70349256238     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2008-3586G     Document Type: Review

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