Stronger influence of maternal than paternal obesity on infant and early childhood body mass index: The Fels Longitudinal Study

Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 159-169

  Linabery, A M ^a   Nahhas, R W ^b   Johnson, W ^c   Choh, A C ^b   Towne, B ^b   Odegaard, A O ^c   Czerwinski, S A ^b   Demerath, E W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WRIGHT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Growth and development; Infants; Parents

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHILD; CHILD GROWTH; CHILDHOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GROWTH CURVE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT DISEASE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL OBESITY; NEWBORN; OBESITY; PATERNAL OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY;

EID: 84885212429     PISSN: 20476302     EISSN: 20476310     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2047-6310.2012.00100.x     Document Type: Article

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