Infant growth rates predict childhood obesity in Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn Medical Center, Thailand

Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand

Volumn 96, Issue SUPPL.1, 2013, Pages

  Kongsomboon, Kittipong ^a  

^a SRINAKHARINWIROT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Childhood; Infant; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THAILAND; WEIGHT FOR LENGTH Z SCORE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OBESITY; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; ROC CURVE; THAILAND;

EID: 84876836836     PISSN: 01252208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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