Patterns of linear growth and skeletal maturation from birth to 18 years of age in overweight young adults

International Journal of Obesity

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 535-541

  Johnson, W ^a   Stovitz, S D ^b   Choh, A C ^c   Czerwinski, S A ^c   Towne, B ^c   Demerath, E W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body height; critical period; longitudinal studies; skeletal age measurement

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; BONE AGE; BONE GROWTH; BONE MATURATION; CHILD; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GROWTH ACCELERATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; BONE DEVELOPMENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PUBERTY; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859649546     PISSN: 03070565     EISSN: 14765497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ijo.2011.238     Document Type: Article

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