Dong't children grow out of their obesity? Weight transitions in early childhood

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 466-469

  Lee, Joyce M ^a   Lim, Sungwoo ^a   Zoellner, Jamie ^b   Burt, Brian A ^c   Sandretto, Anita M ^c   Sohn, Woosung ^a   Ismail, Amid I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Obesity; Weight transition; Young children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROBABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT CHANGE; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; POVERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 77952998567     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922809356466     Document Type: Article

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