High adiposity and high body mass index-for-age in US children and adolescents overall and by race-ethnic group

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1020-1026

  Flegal, Katherine M ^a   Ogden, Cynthia L ^a   Yanovski, Jack A ^b   Freedman, David S ^c   Shepherd, John A ^d   Graubard, Barry I ^e   Borrud, Lori G ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

^b EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; ETHNOLOGY; HISPANIC; MASS SCREENING; METHODOLOGY; PHOTON ABSORPTIOMETRY; REFERENCE VALUE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ABSORPTIOMETRY, PHOTON; ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950475199     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.28589     Document Type: Article

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