Large summer weight gain in relatively overweight preschool Japanese children

Pediatrics International

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 510-515

  Kato, Noriko ^a   Sauvaget, Catherine ^a   Kato, Tadaaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

body height; body mass index; child; seasons; weight gain

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPAN; LIFESTYLE MODIFICATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPRING; SUMMER; WEIGHT GAIN;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; SEASONS; TIME FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84864397741     PISSN: 13288067     EISSN: 1442200X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-200X.2012.03578.x     Document Type: Article

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