Secular Trends in Prevalence and Risk Factors of Obesity in Infants and Preschool Children in 9 Chinese Cities, 1986-2006

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Zong, Xin Nan ^a   Li, Hui ^a  

^a CAPITAL INSTITUTE OF PEDIATRICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CITIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84867303837     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046942     Document Type: Article

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