High incidence of obesity co-morbidities in young children: A cross-sectional study

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 911-917

  Bell, Lana M ^a,b   Curran, Jacqueline A ^a,b   Byrne, Sue ^a,c   Roby, Heather ^a,b   Suriano, Katie ^a   Jones, Timothy W ^a,b   Davis, Elizabeth A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

child; complications; obesity

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHOLESTEROL; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BULLYING; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FAMILY HISTORY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERINSULINISM; IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE; INCIDENCE; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN; OBESITY; ORAL GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84155167069     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1754.2011.02102.x     Document Type: Article

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