Pregnancy Weight Gain and Childhood Body Weight: A Within-Family Comparison

PLoS Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Ludwig, David S ^a   Rouse, Heather L ^b   Currie, Janet ^c  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

^c PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATERNAL CARE; OBESITY; PREGNANCY; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; SCHOOL CHILD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; PREGNANCY; WEIGHT GAIN;

EID: 84886627037     PISSN: 15491277     EISSN: 15491676     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001521     Document Type: Article

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