Emergence and persistence of overweight and obesity in 7-to 11-year-old children

Obesity Facts

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 415-423

  Bartle, Naomi C ^a,d   Hill, Claire ^b   Webber, Laura ^c   Van Jaarsveld, Cornelia H M ^d   Wardle, Jane ^d  

^a Faculty of Engineering and Computing   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c National Heart Forum   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adiposity; Child development; Growth; Longitudinal; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD OBESITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FAT MASS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; PREVALENCE; UNDERWEIGHT; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADIPOSITY; BODY MASS INDEX; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; OVERWEIGHT; PEDIATRIC OBESITY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

EID: 84885068492     PISSN: 16624025     EISSN: 16624033     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000355677     Document Type: Article

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