The pediatric obesity epidemic continues unabated in Bogalusa, Louisiana

Pediatrics

Volumn 125, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 900-905

  Broyles, Stephanie ^a   Katzmarzyk, Peter T ^a   Srinivasan, Sathanur R ^b   Chen, Wei ^b   Bouchard, Claude ^a   Freedman, David S ^c   Berenson, Gerald S ^b  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Rural; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MASS SCREENING; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77951808209     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2009-2748     Document Type: Article

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