Socioeconomic and early-life factors and risk of being overweight or obese in children of Swedish- and foreign-born parents

Pediatric Research

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 356-363

  Khanolkar, Amal R ^a,b   Sovio, Ulla ^a,c   Bartlett, Jonathan W ^c   Wallby, Thomas ^d   Koupil, Ilona ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; EASTERN EUROPE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; INCOME; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MIDDLE EAST; NORTH AFRICA; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AMERICA; SWEDEN; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); WESTERN EUROPE;

ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; OBESITY; ODDS RATIO; OVERWEIGHT; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA; SWEDEN; TURKEY;

EID: 84883734009     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2013.108     Document Type: Article

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