Childhood and family influences on body mass index in early adulthood: Findings from the Ontario Child Health Study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Gonzalez, Andrea ^a   Boyle, Michael H ^a   Georgiades, Katholiki ^a   Duncan, Laura ^a   Atkinson, Leslie R ^b   MacMillan, Harriet L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Family and child level risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHILD; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ONTARIO; OVERWEIGHT; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865812743     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-755     Document Type: Article

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