A pilot study: Does obesity begin in the first year of life?

Clinical Pediatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 507-512

  Ludington Hoe, Susan M ^a   Gittner, Lisaann S ^b   Haller, Harold S ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

body mass index; infant growth; pediatric obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OBESITY; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

BODY MASS INDEX; INFANT GROWTH; PEDIATRIC OBESITY;

AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; OBESITY; OBESITY, MORBID; OVERWEIGHT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84877998242     PISSN: 00099228     EISSN: 19382707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0009922813482750     Document Type: Article

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