Increase in prevalence of adiposity between the ages of 7 and 11 years reflects lower remission rates during this period

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-20

  Von Kries, R ^a   Reulen, H ^a   Bayer, O ^a   Riede, C ^a   Diethelm, K ^b   Buyken, A E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Body fat; Prevalence; Remission; School age

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BODY FAT; BODY MASS; CHILD; FEMALE; GERMANY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SKINFOLD THICKNESS;

EID: 84878371465     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00084.x     Document Type: Article

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