Impacts of infancy rapid weight gain on 5-year childhood overweight development vary by age and sex in China

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 365-373

  Min, J ^a   Li, J ^a   Li, Z ^b   Wang, Y ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Child; China; Obesity; Rapid weight gain; Sex

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; CHINA; EARLY CHILDHOOD INTERVENTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84867315073     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00074.x     Document Type: Article

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