Tracking of BMI in Japanese children from 6 to 18 years of age: Reference values for annual BMI incremental change and proposal for size of increment indicative of risk for obesity

Annals of Human Biology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 146-149

  Inokuchi, Mikako ^a,b   Matsuo, Nobutake ^a,c   Takayama, John I ^d   Hasegawa, Tomonobu ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHILD HEALTH AND DEVELOPMENT   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

SDS; BMI; Longitudinal study; Reference values

Indexed keywords

AGE CLASS; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; OBESITY; RISK FACTOR; TRACKING;

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; OBESITY; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS;

JAPAN;

EID: 79551499834     PISSN: 03014460     EISSN: 14645033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/03014460.2010.499883     Document Type: Article

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