Obesity in preschool children is more prevalent and identified at a younger age when WHO growth charts are used compared with CDC charts

Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 141, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1154-1158

  Maalouf Manasseh, Zeina ^a   Metallinos Katsaras, Elizabeth ^b   Dewey, Kathryn G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SIMMONS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION (U.S.); CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 79958187909     PISSN: 00223166     EISSN: 15416100     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/jn.111.138701     Document Type: Article

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