Effect of choice of outcome measure on studies of the etiology of obesity in children

Annals of Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 888-891

  Basterfield, Laura ^a,b   Pearce, Mark S ^a   Adamson, Ashley J ^a,c   Reilly, Jessica K ^a   Parkinson, Kathryn N ^a   Reilly, John J ^b,c   Dale, Anne ^c   Drewett, Robert ^c   Le Couteu, Ann ^c   McArdle, Paul ^c   Parkinson, Kathryn ^c   Pearce, Mark ^c   Wright, Charlotte ^c  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c Sir James Spence Institute Royal Victoria Infirmary ^*

Author keywords

Anthropometry; Body composition; Body mass index; Etiology; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEDENTARY LIFESTYLE; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84870242256     PISSN: 10472797     EISSN: 18732585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2012.09.007     Document Type: Article

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