A changing pattern of childhood BMI growth during the 20th century: 70 y of data from the Fels Longitudinal Study

American Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 95, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1136-1143

  Johnson, William ^a   Soloway, Laura E ^b   Erickson, Darin ^a   Choh, Audrey C ^c   Lee, Miryoung ^c   Chumlea, William C ^c   Siervogel, Roger M ^c   Czerwinski, Stefan A ^c   Towne, Bradford ^c   Demerath, Ellen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b New York State Cancer Registry   (United States)

^c WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADIPOSITY; ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84860290582     PISSN: 00029165     EISSN: 19383207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3945/ajcn.111.022269     Document Type: Article

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