Trajectories of Childhood Weight Gain: The Relative Importance of Local Environment versus Individual Social and Early Life Factors

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Carter, Megan A ^a   Dubois, Lise ^a   Tremblay, Mark S ^a,b   Taljaard, Monica ^a,c   Jones, Bobby L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF EASTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANADA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFE EVENT; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; OVERNUTRITION; PREGNANCY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL STATUS; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; WEIGHT CHANGE; WEIGHT GAIN;

BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOCIAL CONDITIONS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84867537328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047065     Document Type: Article

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