Being an Only or Last-Born Child Increases Later Risk of Obesity

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2013, Pages

  Haugaard, Line K ^a   Ajslev, Teresa A ^a   Zimmermann, Esther ^a   Ängquist, Lars ^a   Sørensen, Thorkild I A ^a,b  

^a The Capital Region   (Denmark)

^b Capital Region   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH ORDER; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICE; SIBLING;

ADOLESCENT; BIRTH ORDER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DENMARK; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; HUMANS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; ONLY CHILD; RISK FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84874224332     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0056357     Document Type: Article

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