Timing of excess weight gain in the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC)

Pediatrics

Volumn 127, Issue 3, 2011, Pages

  Hughes, Adrienne R ^a   Sherriff, Andrea ^b   Lawlor, Debbie A ^c   Ness, Andrew R ^d   Reilly, John J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^c MRC Centre for Causal Analyses in Translational Epidemiology (CAiTE)   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; ALSPAC; Children; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIRTH; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 79952232335     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0959     Document Type: Article

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