Healthy for now? A cross-sectional study of the comorbidities in obese preschool children in the United States

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 648-655

  Skinner, Asheley Cockrell ^a   Perrin, Eliana M ^a   Steiner, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; comorbidities; cross sectional design; obesity; overweight; preschool children

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HEADACHE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES; AGE; CHILD WELFARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH EDUCATION; OVERWEIGHT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954039105     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922810362098     Document Type: Article

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