Does picky eating affect weight-for-length measurements in young children?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 217-220

  Ekstein, Sivan ^a   Laniado, David ^a   Glick, Benjamin ^a  

^a Leumit Research Institue   (Israel)

Author keywords

Feeding disorder; Growth; Picky eating; Underweight

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CALCULATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD PREFERENCE; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD NUTRITIONAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EATING; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD PREFERENCES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; THINNESS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77749304912     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809337331     Document Type: Article

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