U.S. children's preschool weight status trajectories: Patterns from 9-month, 2-year, and 4-year Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth cohort data

American Journal of Health Promotion

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 172-175

  Moss, Brian G ^a   Yeaton, William H ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Child; Child development; Cohort studies; Obesity; Prevention research

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD WELFARE; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84860579734     PISSN: 08901171     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4278/ajhp.100304-ARB-73     Document Type: Article

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