Risk factors for obesity: Further evidence for stronger effects on overweight children and adolescents compared to normal-weight subjects

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Beyerlein, Andreas ^a   Toschke, André M ^a   Rosario, Angelika Schaffrath ^b   von Kries, Rüdiger ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE SPECIFIC CARE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; CHILD NUTRITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION VIEWING; AGE; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY FAT DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY SIZE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 79251630981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0015739     Document Type: Article

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