Reducing racial/ethnic disparities in childhood obesity the role of early life risk factors

JAMA Pediatrics

Volumn 167, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 731-738

  Taveras, Elsie M ^a,b,d   Gillman, Matthew W ^a   Kleinman, Ken P ^a   Rich Edwards, Janet W ^c   Rifas Shiman, Sheryl L ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARLY PREGNANCY FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CAUCASIAN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DUAL ENERGY X RAY ABSORPTIOMETRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FAST FOOD; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; FOLLOW UP; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; GROUP PRACTICE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INCOME; INFANT; INFANT FEEDING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEGRO; OBESITY; PREGNANCY DIABETES MELLITUS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUERPERAL DEPRESSION; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL STATUS; TELEVISION; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; OBESITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881514797     PISSN: 21686203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.85     Document Type: Article

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