Early determinants of obesity

Endocrine Development

Volumn 19, Issue , 2010, Pages 53-61

  Ong, Ken K ^a,b  

^a MRC EPIDEMIOLOGY UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPONECTIN; GLUCOSE; INSULIN; MELANOCORTIN 4 RECEPTOR; SOMATOMEDIN C; STEROID;

ABDOMINAL FAT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; BOTTLE FEEDING; CALORIC INTAKE; CANCER MORTALITY; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHILD GROWTH; CHILD NUTRITION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MARKER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HERITABILITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFANCY; INFANT FEEDING; INSULIN RELEASE; INSULIN SENSITIVITY; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIPID STORAGE; MATERNAL AGE; MENARCHE; METABOLIC SYNDROME X; OBESITY; OVARY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PUBERTY; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; STEROID URINE LEVEL; UNDERWEIGHT; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; ABDOMINAL OBESITY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHILD; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 77955885768     PISSN: 14217082     EISSN: 16622979     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1159/000316897     Document Type: Review

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