The risk of obesity by assessing infant growth against the UK-WHO charts compared to the UK90 reference: Findings from the Born in Bradford birth cohort study

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Johnson, William ^a   Wright, John ^b   Cameron, Noël ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b BRADFORD INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^c LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth charts; Infant; Longitudinal studies; Obesity; Postnatal growth

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PAKISTAN; PATIENT MONITORING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

BODY MASS INDEX; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; GROWTH CHARTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PAKISTAN; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; WEIGHT GAIN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84866178285     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-12-104     Document Type: Article

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