Ratio of weight to height gain: A useful tool for identifying children at risk of becoming overweight or obese at preschool age

Clinics

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1223-1226

  Nascimento, Viviane G ^a   Bertoli, Ciro João ^b   Leone, Claudio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Department of Medicine of the Universidade of Taubaté ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Excess weight; Obesity; Preschool age

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; TIME;

AGE FACTORS; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 80052185701     PISSN: 18075932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1807-59322011000700017     Document Type: Article

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