Obesity: Predicting risk of later obesity from the first day of life

Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 136-138

  Sabin, Matthew A ^a   Juonala, Markus ^b  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEART DISEASE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BODY MASS INDEX; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCOME; INFANT, NEWBORN; MOTHERS; OBESITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875546834     PISSN: 17595029     EISSN: 17595037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrendo.2013.16     Document Type: Article

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