Predictive value of body mass index at age 18 on adulthood obesity: Results of a prospective survey of an urban population

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 342, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 371-382

  Friedenberg, Frank K ^a   Tang, Derek M ^a   Vanar, Vishwas ^b   Mendonca, Thais ^a  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Minority; Nutrition; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANTHROPOMETRY; BODY MASS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC OBESITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 80055044929     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e318212127c     Document Type: Article

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