Contributions of incidence and persistence to the prevalence of childhood obesity during the emerging epidemic in Denmark

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Andersen, Lise Geisler ^a   Baker, Jennifer L ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PARAMETERS; PERSISTENCE; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; DENMARK; EPIDEMICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84864979638     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042521     Document Type: Article

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