Growing up before growing out: Secular trends in height, weight and obesity in 5-6-year-old children born between 1970 and 2006

Archives of Disease in Childhood

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 269-273

  Smith, Sarah M ^a   Craig, Leone C A ^a   Raja, Amalraj E ^a   McNeill, Geraldine ^a   Turner, Stephen W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED KINGDOM; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; FOOD DEPRIVATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIMARY SCHOOL; SOCIAL CLASS;

BODY COMPOSITION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SCHOOL HEALTH SERVICES; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84876186281     PISSN: 00039888     EISSN: 14682044     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302391     Document Type: Article

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