Body Mass Index and Waist-to-Height Changes During Teen Years in Girls Are Influenced by Childhood Body Mass Index

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 245-250

  Biro, Frank M ^a   Huang, Bin ^a   Morrison, John A ^a   Horn, Paul S ^b,c   Daniels, Steven R ^d  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Body composition; Body mass index (BMI); Obesity; Timing of puberty

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBERTY; SCHOOL CHILD; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; OBESITY; PUBERTY; UNITED STATES; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 76349095142     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.023     Document Type: Article

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