Pediatric obesity epidemiology

Current Opinion in Endocrinology, Diabetes and Obesity

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 14-22

  Orsi, Carisse M ^a   Hale, Daniel E ^a   Lynch, Jane L ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; growth; pediatric obesity; pediatric type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNICITY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NUTRITION; OBESITY; PEDIATRICS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; TODDLER; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; INFANT; LIFE STYLE; OBESITY; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 78650851240     PISSN: 1752296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MED.0b013e3283423de1     Document Type: Article

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