Early life predictors of preschool overweight and obesity: A case-control study in Sri Lanka

BMC Public Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Rathnayake, Kumari M ^a   Satchithananthan, Aberna ^a   Mahamithawa, Senarath ^b   Jayawardena, Ranil ^c  

^a WAYAMBA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Sri Lanka)

^c QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Obesity; Overweight; Preschool; Rapid weight gain

Indexed keywords

EID: 84886871650     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-994     Document Type: Article

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