Refined analysis of the critical age ranges of childhood overweight: Implications for primary prevention

Obesity

Volumn 20, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2151-2154

  Hoffmann, Sascha W ^a   Ulrich, Rolf ^b   Simon, Perikles ^a  

^a JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POST HOC ANALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REFERENCE VALUE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY PREVENTION; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84866732088     PISSN: 19307381     EISSN: 1930739X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.172     Document Type: Article

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