National school lunch program participation and sex differences in body mass index trajectories of children from low-income families

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 346-353

  Hernandez, Daphne C ^a   Francis, Lori A ^a   Doyle, Emily A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KINDERGARTEN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; NATIONAL SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM; NORMAL HUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; POVERTY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79953770345     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2010.253     Document Type: Article

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