The intergenerational transmission of thinness

Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine

Volumn 165, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 900-905

  Whitaker, Katriina L ^a   Jarvis, Martin J ^a   Boniface, David ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PARENT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PARENTS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THINNESS;

EID: 80053413566     PISSN: 10724710     EISSN: 15383628     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archpediatrics.2011.147     Document Type: Article

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