Infant Obesity: Are We Ready to Make this Diagnosis?

Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 157, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 15-19

  McCormick, David P ^a   Sarpong, Kwabena ^a   Jordan, Lindsay ^a   Ray, Laura A ^b   Jain, Sunil ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^b University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION; LARGE FOR GESTATIONAL AGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MOTHER; OBESITY; PATIENT COUNSELING; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TEXAS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 77953288237     PISSN: 00223476     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.01.028     Document Type: Article

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