Longitudinal study of body weight changes in children: Who is gaining and who is losing weight

Obesity

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 667-670

  Williamson, Donald A ^a   Han, Hongmei ^a   Johnson, William D ^a   Stewart, Tiffany M ^a   Harsha, David W ^a  

^a PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RACE; REMISSION; SCORING SYSTEM; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 79952007663     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2010.221     Document Type: Article

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