Does lower birth order amplify the association between high socioeconomic status and central adiposity in young adult Filipino males

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 751-759

  Dahly, D L ^a   Adair, L S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

Birth order; Central obesity; Developmental origins of health and disease; Fetal origins; Maternal constraint; Mismatch

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILIPINO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PHILIPPINES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL STATUS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NUTRITION; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHYSIOLOGY; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PHILIPPINES; PREGNANCY; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77950862184     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2009.275     Document Type: Article

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