Decreasing prevalence of obesity among young children in Massachusetts from 2004 to 2008

Pediatrics

Volumn 129, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 823-831

  Wen, Xiaozhong ^a   Gillman, Matthew W ^a   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a   Sherry, Bettylou ^b   Kleinman, Ken ^a   Taveras, Elsie M ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

Author keywords

BMI; Child; Epidemiology; Infant; Obesity; Prevalence; Trends

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; GROWTH CURVE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAID; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860546641     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2011-1833     Document Type: Article

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