Sex and ethnic differences in the waist circumference of 5-year-old children: Findings from the Millennium Cohort Study

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  Griffiths, L J ^a   Dezateux, C ^a   Cole, T J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Central fatness; Children; Ethnicity; Waist circumference

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADIPOSITY; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MINORITY GROUPS; OBESITY, ABDOMINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 79959989761     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2010.526224     Document Type: Article

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