Different age-specific incidence and remission rates in pre-school and primary school suggest need for targeted obesity prevention in childhood

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 505-510

  Von Kries, R ^a   Beyerlein, A ^a   Muller M J ^b   Heinrich, J ^c   Landsberg, B ^b   Bolte, G ^d   Chmitorz, A ^a   Plachta Danielzik, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^d Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

Author keywords

body mass index; incidence; overweight; persistence; remission; school age

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OBESITY; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MALE; OBESITY; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCHOOLS;

EID: 84859645778     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.251     Document Type: Article

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