Incidence of obesity during childhood and adolescence in a large contemporary cohort

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 300-304

  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 GLASGOW DENTAL HOSPITAL AND SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Aetiology; ALSPAC; Children; Obesity; Overweight; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 79954624163     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.02.014     Document Type: Article

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