Growth from birth to adulthood and abdominal obesity in a Brazilian birth cohort

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 195-202

  Gonzalez D A ^a   Nazmi, A ^b   Victora, C G ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

^b CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abdominal adipose tissue; Body weight changes; Cohort study; Growth; Waist hip ratio

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROWTH; HUMAN; INTRAABDOMINAL FAT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUSCLE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; AGE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT ANALYSIS; INFANT; NEWBORN; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; BRAZIL; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; RISK FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WAIST-HIP RATIO; WEIGHT GAIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 74249088447     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.201     Document Type: Article

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